THE TRIP TO AUSTRALIA
PLEASE COME ENJOY THE PICS I TOOK IN AUS. I DON'T REMEMBER ALL THE NAMES WHERE THE PICS WERE TAKEN BUT ALL WERE IN QUEENSLAND OR SURROUNDING AREA. PLEASE DO NOT REPRODUCE WITHOUT MY CONSENT.
WHALE WATCHING TRIP -- HERVEY BAY
WE HAD SO MANY WHALES AROUND US THAT DAY I SWORE THEY TRAINED THEM. STILL NOT SURE THEY WEREN'T TRAINED.
WHALE WATCHING IS SOMETHING I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO SO THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF MY BEST DAYS.
THE LITTLE (?) SHOWOFFS JUST WOULD NOT QUIT.
ONLY THE CREW WAS ALLOWED TO DO THIS. CAN'T TELL YOU HOW BAD I WANTED TO GO DOWN THERE --- UNTIL I SAW THE SEA SNAKE ANYWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ON THE RIGHT: NO SEA TRIP WOULD BE COMPLETE WITHOUT A DOLPHIN COMING ALONG
I ESPECIALLY LIKED THIS PICTURE.
THIS GUY JOINED US IN OUR ROOM - WHALE WATCHING TRIP - WE STAYED IN CABIN LIKE ROOMS AND HE GREETED US UPON ARRIVAL. I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY NEAT TO HAVE A CAT FURNISHED WITH THE ROOM. I REALLY MISSED MY DOGS WHEN I WAS THERE.
THOUGHT IS WAS NEAT TO SEE THIS LIZARD?? SUNNING HIMSELF, NOTICE I AM BEHIND THE CAMERA NOT HUGGING HIM. J
WE DON'T SEE THIS VERY OFTEN IN THE U.S. THOUGHT I BETTER TAKE A PICTURE.
THIS WAS THE DAY WE WENT TO THE RAINFOREST.
THIS WAS ONE OF MANY PRETTY BUILDINGS IN A TOURIST TRAP TYPE PLACE OUTSIDE OF THE RAINFOREST BUT IT WAS SO PRETTY THERE I HAD TO TAKE THIS PICTURE.
THE BIRDS AMAZED AND INTRIQUED ME THE WHOLE TIME I WAS THERE. THIS IS IN THE GARDEN ON A CAFÉ. IF YOU LOOK REAL CLOSE YOU CAN SEE MANY MORE RAINBOW LORAKEETS IN THE BACKGROUND -- ALL WILD COMING INTO THE FEEDER!!!
I KNOW --- LOOKS LIKE ANY OTHER OCEAN -- BUT PRETTY NONE THE LESS.
JUST A GORGEOUS RIDE TO THE RAINFOREST. WE WERE ABOVE THE FOG FOR AWHILE MADE FOR A GREAT PIC OF THE VALLEY BELOW.
ANOTHER SHOT OF THE AUS COASTLINE
LOTS OF SURFING BEACHES IN AUS
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST!! YOU CAN'T SEE THE PEOPLE IN THE WATER BECAUSE WE WERE SO FAR UP THEY ARE JUST LITTLE DOTS!!
JUST AINT RIGHT TO GO TO AUS AND NOT GET YOUR PIC WITH A KOALA. THIS WAS IN A WILDLIFE PRESERVE SO YOU WEREN'T ALLOWED TO TOUCH THEM. THEY TOLD US THEY GET VERY STRESSED WHEN HELD -- NOTICE I HAD TO PUT MY HANDS BEHIND MY BACK.
WAS MADLY IN LOVE WITH THIS GUY BY THE TIME I LEFT. HE WAS VERY FRIENDLY AND ACTIVE. IT WAS NOT BUSY WHEN WE WERE THERE SO WE HAD A VERY NICE CHAT WITH THE PARK RANGER TYPE PERSONNEL. SHE WAS WONDERFUL.
THIS WAS MY 'OTHER' WILDLIFE ENCOUNTER AT THE PARK. I AM NOT REAL CRAZY ABOUT BIRDS………….IT IS ACTUALLY AN IRRATIONAL FEAR OF SOME SORT……….WELL THIS GUY TOOK A REAL LIKING TO ME AT THE TIME I HAD NO IDEA WHY. NOTICE HIS EYE IS BRIGHT BLUE. HE KEPT GETTING ON MY SHOULDER AND FOOT. UNTIL PHIL READ THE PLACKARD ON HIM HE WAS ATTRACTED TO BRIGHT BLUE OBJECTS. YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN ME SEARCHING FOR BRIGHT BLUE ON ME. TURNED OUT TO BE THE BUTTON ON MY CAMERA. STUFFED CAMERA IN PURSE AND GOT OUT OF THERE.
THIS WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A MALL IN SURFERS PARADISE. PHIL, WHO LIVES THERE IS VERY PROUD OF AUS -- I TOLD HIM I WAS GOING TO TELL EVERYONE THIS IS A NORMAL THING TO SEE IN THE MALLS IN AUS.
THAT'S IT FOR NOW. HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE PICS.
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