Saturday, July 16, 2011
more cute animals
Whale watching--unsuccessfully--but what a rainbow!
Emu at Tower Hill Nature Reserve
Cutest koala ever! Just wish I could get her photo rightside up . . .
Not a very shy kangaroo.
Yarra Valley to Great Ocean Road
We spent a day in the Yarra Valley tasting Pinots and Chardonnays.
Then on to the Great Ocean Road and the beautiful Twelve Apostles.
"London Bridge"
Little Aire Falls in the Otway National Park
Then on to the Great Ocean Road and the beautiful Twelve Apostles.
"London Bridge"
Little Aire Falls in the Otway National Park
Kata Tjuta
Eileen wanted some record of the rather brutal hike we completed at Kata Tjuta. Part of the same national park as Uluru.
The English named it "The Olgas", which it is often referred to, I think mainly because it is easier to say.
The English named it "The Olgas", which it is often referred to, I think mainly because it is easier to say.
Uluru
Uluru, as it was named by the Aboriginals (the English renamed it Ayers Rock, but most people now refer to it as Uluru), is a big monolith in the middle of the Australian outback. It is a National Park and has it's own tourist resort and airport, as it is a 3 hour drive from the nearest town of Alice Springs. It has great spiritual significance for the Aboriginal community.
There is a climbing path up Uluru but the Aborigines ask people not to climb it out of respect. Strangely up to a third of visitors choose to climb it.
The previous 4 photos were at sunset, the one below the next day's sunrise (so, naturally, on the other side of the rock).
There is a climbing path up Uluru but the Aborigines ask people not to climb it out of respect. Strangely up to a third of visitors choose to climb it.
The previous 4 photos were at sunset, the one below the next day's sunrise (so, naturally, on the other side of the rock).
Sydney
Riding the ferries in SydneyOutside the Opera House
Taking the Opera House Tour
Kookaburra!
In the Botanical Garden near the Opera House
Taking the Opera House Tour
Kookaburra!
In the Botanical Garden near the Opera House
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