On one of our first days in Sydney, we ventured to the Blue Mountains. We were following the map and ended up in an open glen where grey kangaroos were leisurely feeding. They weren't tame, but they didn't mind if we got this close. What a thrill for us to see them out in the wild.
We stayed in Sydney for 5 days and explored the area. I must have taken 50 pictures of the Opera House and Sydney Harbor bridge, so here's just one of them.
After 5 days in Sydney, we rented a car and ventured up the coast all the way to Cairns. It took us about 12 days to do it. We made lots of stops and explored small towns along the way. Try as we might, we never spotted Crocodile Dundee, but we came close! Here is Dave trying to play the digeridoo in a cultural park called Tjupakai. He did a better job than I did.
On the way to Cairns, we stopped at a koala santuary, where they house and care for injured and misplaced koalas. We learned a lot about these cuddly creatures.
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Since it rained the whole time we were in Cairns, our liveaboard to the Great Barrier Reef was cancelled. So we ventured back to Fiji early to do some more scuba diving, rather than sit around a hotel room in Cairns. This time we were on the island of Viti Levu and we were in a small town called Pacific Harbor. We went on a shark dive one morning, and I can't explain the feeling I got when this 18' tiger shark swam right past me. Thank goodness he had already had lunch!
While on the shark dive, we saw about 8 species of sharks, including this bull shark below. He was a big fella also, but not as big as the tiger.
1 comment:
Awe...I want a Koala!
Looks like you two had an AWESOME time!!!
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