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Australia

We ventured our last big adventure Kid Free in Australia. Went down to visit Sarah and some friends that we met in Africa. Had an awesome time with everyone in a great country!

Date: 02/18/2007
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Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary - our first day!

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How funny is this guy running?

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Did you know that they can balance on their tail so they can kick you with both legs?

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Lone Pine had a little kangaroo feeding area... kinda like goats in the States.

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Just a dorky photo with BAD hair

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Our campground on Stradbrooke Island just outside Brisbane, where Ryan does a lot of his field studies.

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Grilling dinner at sunset.

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Cool hike where we could see giant sea turtles swimming around.

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Sarah was scared of the camera in her Ninja Outfit... and stubbed her toe, BAD!

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Some random tunnel that was used for mining way back when.

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A big tree trunk on the way to a waterfall in Lamington National Park

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Oh yea... and here is the waterfall.

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Looks pretty frickin high huh?

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Water Taxi in Brisbane.

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A little welcome visitor in the bedroom.

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The world's largest pizza... or at least Brisbane's largest.

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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?

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Oldest bar in Sydney, under the Bay Bridge.

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Jacquie's little possum - Sooo Cute!

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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!

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Rainforest at the bottom of the Blue Mountains.

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Caves just outside of the Blue Mountains... we toured "The Grandest of the Lot"

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For sure the Grandest!

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Look - Jacquie is actually in a photo and not taking one :)

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A day chillin in Sydney... Z had to stop on the lawn and watch some Cricket.

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Nice dinner on the ocean front.

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Port Nothing to Do!

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Cool little horse drawn train.

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Cool Rock - Cold Ocean

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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.

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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.

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Not a bad sleep for the middle of nowhere, somewhere on the Murray River.

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One of the many ferries we took across the Murray River while we were lost.

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Just had to visit Orange World!

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Zach grilled for us ladies... YUMMY!

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Who knew Jenny and June lived so close to the Greatest Rivers!

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The Twelve Apostles on The Great Ocean Road.

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The flies suck - but I found a way around them buzzing my face!

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Some awesome hikes along the Ocean Road.

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Just beautiful!

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Random little town where we walked the beach and got something to eat for the tadpole!

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Our first hike in Tasmania.

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A quick "dip" in the ocean.

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Wine Glass Bay

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The beach by our first nights camp in Tasmania.

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A random egg in some small town at lunch.

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Giant Ferns

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A nice gravel road in the middle of NOWHERE. Nice shortcut Zach.

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Finally we make it to the lodge at Lake St Clair

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A short hike to try and see duck-billed platypus in the wild.

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The platypus "duck blind".

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We decided to hike the last 16K of the Overland Trek.

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It was an awesome hike... dang long.. but awesome.

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Why not just notch a tree out instead of cutting it in half?

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Zach is just being a geek... check out his pants around his shoes.

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Almost back to the lodge... where we camped in the poorman section of course.

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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!

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Tasmanian Devils... look cute from far away huh? And nothing like the cartoon!

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Another giant tree trunk... this time in Tasmania

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Beautiful falls on our way back to Hobart.

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Early morning flight from Hobart to Cairns, outside the hotel.

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We rented bikes that were way too small for us, but got to ride around with crocs!

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Waiting for the bus to take us on our Reef Adventure with Sarah and Ryan.

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On our way out to the Reef for 3 days!

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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.

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Sarah and Ryan before their descent into darkness.

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Those of us left behind while the divers went down.

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A sister boat to ours. Yep we are out in the middle of nowhere!

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Chillin' on the upper deck with our buddy the Canuck.

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More relaxing on the deck between dives/snorkles.

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Sexy snorklers!

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That is what we looked like for an hour at a time for 3 straight days.

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Our backpackers in Cairns after the live a board on the Reef.

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Just a cool spot along the road.

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Had to post this shot... hilarious!

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Swimming spot in the rainforest.

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Really big rock we were hoping was not going to roll over any time soon.

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Another random spot along the road.

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The famous Cassowary!

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Stupid stingers, beautiful beaches - but too bad no swimming!

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Random lookout at some beach near Daintree.

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Rhonda and Sarah just standing there on the beach, sweating.

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Pouring rain in a pathetic excuse for a tourist town. But we still bought stuff their anyway.

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Who could not want to take a photo here?

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Cane Toad Racing. A newer favorite Aussie pasttime.

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Everyone got to race and kiss a frog - even won a few bottles of beer!

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Stupid Sailboaters. We sat there waiting to be picked but nope... nobody liked us.

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So instead we walked up and down their docks, laughing at them when it started raining.

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On the wrong side of the coast for the sunset, but beautiful regardless.

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Backpackers are great for creating your own feast then watching He-Man and She-Ra until the night closed in.

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Horse riding on the beach then back thru the rainforest, while it was raining - Awesome!

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The last worthy photo! What a great trip!

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