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Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary - our first day!
Date: 02/18/2007
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How funny is this guy running?
Date: 02/18/2007
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Did you know that they can balance on their tail so they can kick you with both legs?
Date: 02/18/2007
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Lone Pine had a little kangaroo feeding area... kinda like goats in the States.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Just a dorky photo with BAD hair
Date: 02/18/2007
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Our campground on Stradbrooke Island just outside Brisbane, where Ryan does a lot of his field studies.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Grilling dinner at sunset.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Cool hike where we could see giant sea turtles swimming around.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Sarah was scared of the camera in her Ninja Outfit... and stubbed her toe, BAD!
Date: 02/18/2007
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Some random tunnel that was used for mining way back when.
Date: 02/18/2007
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A big tree trunk on the way to a waterfall in Lamington National Park
Date: 02/18/2007
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Oh yea... and here is the waterfall.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Looks pretty frickin high huh?
Date: 02/18/2007
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Water Taxi in Brisbane.
Date: 02/18/2007
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A little welcome visitor in the bedroom.
Date: 02/18/2007
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The world's largest pizza... or at least Brisbane's largest.
Date: 02/18/2007
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The "train" from Brisbane to Sydney... who knew the first 3 hours would be on a bus?
Date: 02/18/2007
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Another water taxi, but this time in Sydney with Phil... remember him from the photos on Kilimanjaro in Africa?
Date: 02/18/2007
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Oldest bar in Sydney, under the Bay Bridge.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Jacquie's little possum - Sooo Cute!
Date: 02/18/2007
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Up in the Blue Mountains, couldn't see the Three Sisters... but walked down to them.
Date: 02/18/2007
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The steapest railroad in the world with Phil and Jacquie. If I would have seen the safety spot on this baby before getting on, I would have NEVER gotten on!
Date: 02/18/2007
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Rainforest at the bottom of the Blue Mountains.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Caves just outside of the Blue Mountains... we toured "The Grandest of the Lot"
Date: 02/18/2007
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For sure the Grandest!
Date: 02/18/2007
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Look - Jacquie is actually in a photo and not taking one :)
Date: 02/18/2007
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A day chillin in Sydney... Z had to stop on the lawn and watch some Cricket.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Nice dinner on the ocean front.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Port Nothing to Do!
Date: 02/18/2007
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Cool little horse drawn train.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Cool Rock - Cold Ocean
Date: 02/18/2007
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The sign says "Local Feral Cat Hangout"... outside a B&B... what freaks! We decided not to stay there.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Random hike somewhere on the way to Mildura to visit Jenny and June.
Date: 02/18/2007
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We got lost after the Feral Cat Hangout... but managed to find a river boat to stay on for the night.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Not a bad sleep for the middle of nowhere, somewhere on the Murray River.
Date: 02/18/2007
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One of the many ferries we took across the Murray River while we were lost.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Just had to visit Orange World!
Date: 02/18/2007
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Zach grilled for us ladies... YUMMY!
Date: 02/18/2007
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Who knew Jenny and June lived so close to the Greatest Rivers!
Date: 02/18/2007
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The Twelve Apostles on The Great Ocean Road.
Date: 02/18/2007
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The flies suck - but I found a way around them buzzing my face!
Date: 02/18/2007
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Some awesome hikes along the Ocean Road.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Just beautiful!
Date: 02/18/2007
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Random little town where we walked the beach and got something to eat for the tadpole!
Date: 02/18/2007
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Our first hike in Tasmania.
Date: 02/18/2007
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A quick "dip" in the ocean.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Wine Glass Bay
Date: 02/18/2007
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The beach by our first nights camp in Tasmania.
Date: 02/18/2007
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A random egg in some small town at lunch.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Giant Ferns
Date: 02/18/2007
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A nice gravel road in the middle of NOWHERE. Nice shortcut Zach.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Finally we make it to the lodge at Lake St Clair
Date: 02/18/2007
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A short hike to try and see duck-billed platypus in the wild.
Date: 02/18/2007
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The platypus "duck blind".
Date: 02/18/2007
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We decided to hike the last 16K of the Overland Trek.
Date: 02/18/2007
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It was an awesome hike... dang long.. but awesome.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Why not just notch a tree out instead of cutting it in half?
Date: 02/18/2007
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Zach is just being a geek... check out his pants around his shoes.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Almost back to the lodge... where we camped in the poorman section of course.
Date: 02/18/2007
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This little guy climbed out of his cage for a hug... then got pissed and gave me a giant chest pecker!
Date: 02/18/2007
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Tasmanian Devils... look cute from far away huh? And nothing like the cartoon!
Date: 02/18/2007
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Another giant tree trunk... this time in Tasmania
Date: 02/18/2007
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Beautiful falls on our way back to Hobart.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Early morning flight from Hobart to Cairns, outside the hotel.
Date: 02/18/2007
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We rented bikes that were way too small for us, but got to ride around with crocs!
Date: 02/18/2007
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Waiting for the bus to take us on our Reef Adventure with Sarah and Ryan.
Date: 02/18/2007
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On our way out to the Reef for 3 days!
Date: 02/18/2007
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Sarah and Ryan on a night dive. We snorklers are considered shark bait at night so we just sat back and enjoyed the stars.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Sarah and Ryan before their descent into darkness.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Those of us left behind while the divers went down.
Date: 02/18/2007
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A sister boat to ours. Yep we are out in the middle of nowhere!
Date: 02/18/2007
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Chillin' on the upper deck with our buddy the Canuck.
Date: 02/18/2007
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More relaxing on the deck between dives/snorkles.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Sexy snorklers!
Date: 02/18/2007
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That is what we looked like for an hour at a time for 3 straight days.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Our backpackers in Cairns after the live a board on the Reef.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Just a cool spot along the road.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Had to post this shot... hilarious!
Date: 02/18/2007
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Swimming spot in the rainforest.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Really big rock we were hoping was not going to roll over any time soon.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Another random spot along the road.
Date: 02/18/2007
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The famous Cassowary!
Date: 02/18/2007
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Stupid stingers, beautiful beaches - but too bad no swimming!
Date: 02/18/2007
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Random lookout at some beach near Daintree.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Rhonda and Sarah just standing there on the beach, sweating.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Pouring rain in a pathetic excuse for a tourist town. But we still bought stuff their anyway.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Who could not want to take a photo here?
Date: 02/18/2007
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Cane Toad Racing. A newer favorite Aussie pasttime.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Everyone got to race and kiss a frog - even won a few bottles of beer!
Date: 02/18/2007
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Stupid Sailboaters. We sat there waiting to be picked but nope... nobody liked us.
Date: 02/18/2007
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So instead we walked up and down their docks, laughing at them when it started raining.
Date: 02/18/2007
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On the wrong side of the coast for the sunset, but beautiful regardless.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Backpackers are great for creating your own feast then watching He-Man and She-Ra until the night closed in.
Date: 02/18/2007
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Horse riding on the beach then back thru the rainforest, while it was raining - Awesome!
Date: 02/18/2007
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The last worthy photo! What a great trip!
Date: 02/18/2007
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