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Roadside food stop -- I had two pies, one Kangaroo and one Lemon Meringue
Date: 06/10/2010
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At the Honey Hut
Who knew that honey's source could change the flavor so much?
Date: 06/10/2010
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Australia Zoo - Oceania has its share of flightless birds
Date: 06/12/2010
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New and newer friends at the Australia Zoo
Date: 06/12/2010
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The 'roos are your friend if you bring them food
Date: 06/12/2010
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Date: 06/12/2010
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Date: 06/12/2010
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Date: 06/12/2010
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Feeding two, and here comes a third...
Date: 06/12/2010
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Date: 06/12/2010
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Date: 06/12/2010
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Date: 06/12/2010
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Date: 06/12/2010
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Date: 06/12/2010
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The great thing about the Australia Zoo is its focus on interactivity
Date: 06/12/2010
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Trying my best Steve Irwin pose in front of one of his many pictures
Date: 06/12/2010
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Date: 06/12/2010
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We also met the koalas, who really do sleep 16-20 hours a day
Date: 06/12/2010
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You can feed the elephants twice a day, if you want
Date: 06/12/2010
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At the exit.
Date: 06/12/2010
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On Fraser Island -- this plant is carnivorous and all over the lake beaches.
Date: 06/15/2010
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Forest trail on Fraser Island
Date: 06/15/2010
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After a short flight across the island
Nothing like a parabolic flight path in the morning.
Date: 06/16/2010
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The beach on Fraser is a registered national highway
And the police run speed traps there.
Date: 06/16/2010
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Champagne Pools, Fraser Island
The only safe place to swim in the ocean here without meeting a shark.
Date: 06/16/2010
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Group photo in front of the all-terrain bus.
Apparently these things routinely win the Dakar Rally.
Date: 06/16/2010
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A passing dingo was obliging enough to strike this pose for us.
Date: 06/16/2010
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Dinner at the lodge.
Date: 06/16/2010
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We never did get the picture quite right.
Date: 06/16/2010
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Onboard the "Adventurer," in the Whitsunday Islands
Date: 06/23/2010
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The snorkeling was almost as good as the diving here
Date: 06/24/2010
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"Adventurer" has a tiny hot tub, heated by the engine block
Date: 06/24/2010
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And fantastic meals.
Date: 06/24/2010
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This is winter in Australia's north
Date: 06/25/2010
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A good group of people, ready to go another three days
Date: 06/25/2010
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A few days later, on the SilverSonic out of Port Douglas
Note the stinger suit.
Date: 06/29/2010
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I rented a camera -- this is what a PROFESSIONAL underwater photographer looks like
Date: 06/29/2010
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Date: 06/29/2010
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Date: 06/29/2010
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Yellowtails
"The photobombers of the ocean"
Date: 06/29/2010
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Date: 06/29/2010
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Date: 06/29/2010
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Date: 06/29/2010
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About to descend for dive #2
Date: 06/29/2010
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Clownfish can be very protective of their anemone homes.
This one swam out to confront me.
Date: 06/29/2010
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A few pictures, just floating around.
Date: 06/29/2010
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Date: 06/29/2010
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Date: 06/29/2010
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Date: 06/29/2010
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Still not sure what this thing is.
Date: 06/29/2010
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Date: 06/29/2010
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If you're quiet, you can hear the parrotfish scraping away at the coral with their beaks.
Date: 06/29/2010
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Giant clam.
Date: 06/29/2010
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Video of landing in a small airplane, Fraser Island.
Date: 08/12/2010
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