May 06, 2005
06/05/2005-04:55:16
look familiar ?
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May 05, 2005
Helli-Choppy
Yesterday we made the hour and a half boat trip out to the Barrier Reef. The journey out there was an experience in itself, all of us very greatful of the sea sickness tablets we had just taken! Once we got to the Reef, we were based on a pontoon which was a little more stable - much to Mum's relief.
The snorkelling out there was fantastic, and we spent a good few hours in the water before noticing it was time to come in. We took a cheap underwater camera with us and got some reasonable shots of the reef. We also took a helecopter ride over the reef - a once-in-a-life-time-type-experience... I guess the photos explain all.
Myself and Rob leave Cairns tomorrow and fly back to Sydney then head over to Fiji for a week and Mum and Dad will be staying here for another week before travelling back to the UK.
Its been great seeing Mum and Dad, almost like a mini holiday within a big holiday!
[2 Barrier Reef galleries here and here]
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05/05/2005-07:55:22
crocs!
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May 04, 2005
04/05/2005-07:01:43
great barrier reef from helicopter
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May 03, 2005
Why did the Koala fall out of the tree ?
For those of you that didn't know, we've been in Cairns (North East Auz) for the last few days. We've actually seen some rain which was a bit disappointing but at least it's given us some time to sort out and caption the pictures from Sydney. There are pictures from the Blue Mountains National Park, around and about Sydney, views from our apartment and our visit to Bondi Beach. Sydney was a real suprise in what a great city it turned out to be - I'd easily recommend it to anybody visiting Australia - we'd definately consider coming back ...
I also promised a great video of Deb - David Attenborough watch out! (mp4 format - sorry)
A late addition here are some panoramic views of Sydney and the Blue Mountains ...
Whilst in Cairns we've also managed to get out and see some of the indigenous wildlife of Australia - admittedly in the safety of enclosed environments but still it was great to see some of the local wildlife in (relative) freedom. Koala's really are very sleepy animals, Kangaroos really do box and snakes aren't slimey !
[2 Blue Mountains galleries here and here]
[2 Bondi Beach galleries here and here]
[2 Around Sydney galleries here and here]
[2 Sydney Apartment galleries here and here]
[2 Cairns wildlife galleries here and here]
[2 Panoramic galleries here and here]
Posted by robl at 08:14 AM | Comments (2)
May 02, 2005
02/05/2005-06:01:03
crocodile debdee
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02/05/2005-03:43:33
koalas at kuranda
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May 01, 2005
01/05/2005-03:04:11
look at the little buggers go !
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April 29, 2005
Hop to it
We've not posted anything for a little bit and thats because we've been dashing round Sydney for the last week madly tring to take in all it has to offer .... We've seen the Opera House and Harbour Bridge, been to a national park to see Kangaroos in the wild, visited the Blue mountains and seen the famous three sisters, been to the Powerhouse museum, swam on Bondi beach and much more. This has presented us with a little bit of a problem as we've got too many pictures to put up and caption. So we're going to release them slowly - I've also got a great video of Deb to put up - she talks to the animals ...
You'll notice there is now the 'top 5 pictures section' rather than the poll in the top right hand corner - unless we have an active poll that's what is going to display there - looks a little less stale I think. For anybody who is curious, the answer to the question of 'What do you call a group of people riding Segways ?' was 'A gaggle' (32.25%) - which seems appropriate.
Anyhow, the first set of pictures are the ones people will recognise the most - of the Opera house and the Harbour bridge, we've played with the camera a bit on some of these so there are one or two that we are really pleased with. Again, let me know if you spot any errors while viewing the new gallery format.
[2 Sydney Harbour galleries here and here]
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April 28, 2005
28/04/2005-06:32:21
the three sisters
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28/04/2005-01:59:38
rootastic at blue mountain park
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28/04/2005-01:58:09
cockatoo !
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April 27, 2005
27/04/2005-09:52:10
its true !
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April 26, 2005
26/04/2005-05:22:56
bondai beach graffitti
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26/04/2005-03:53:49
deb at the gap nr watsons bay
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April 25, 2005
25/04/2005-02:49:20
opera house and bridge
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25/04/2005-02:07:09
sydney skytower
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25/04/2005-00:38:04
Anzac day celebrations
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April 24, 2005
24/04/2005-06:01:45
bsod at the museum
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24/04/2005-05:23:23
maritime museum ship figureheads
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April 23, 2005
23/04/2005-08:30:06
city view from the apartment
Posted by robl at 08:30 AM | Comments (1)
G'Day mate
A quick post to let you know we suvived the 20hr round trip and we're in Austrailia, despite the best efforts of the Mexico city taxi drivers ! (They make french cab drivers look like driving instructors) ... We've seen the opera house and it looks beauty in the sun - I'll post a camera pic of the view from our apartment (floor 48 !)
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