The photos in this photo gallery are from my trip to Australia with my
good buddy Kirk. I was there from February 27 through March 10, 2001. What a
blast!
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First order of business - a beer! |
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Our first day in Sydney, it was only natural to have our very first drink in Australia in the oldest pub in the city. |
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Downtown Sydney |
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Taken from the ferry. The tall, all-glass building was in the Matrix. |
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Opera House |
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Taken from the path leading to the famous clam-shell. |
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Sydney Opera House |
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Taken from a ferry boat. |
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Sydney Harbor Bridge |
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Kirk and I climbed to the top - see next photo! |
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What a view! |
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Taken from the top of the Sydney Harbor Bridge. |
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Sponge garden. |
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Not to be confused with Sound Garden. Taken off the coast of Manley Beach, near Sydney. |
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New Aussie friends. |
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JD and Kirk with Sheila and some other parade-goers. |
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Um... ok |
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Sydney Gay Marti Gras 2001... this was one of the more spectacular creatures of the evening. |
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Sydney Gay Marti Gras |
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Crowd shot. |
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Traveling buddies. |
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Overlooking Tribulation Point, the only spot in the world where the rain forest meets the sea. |
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That's a croc! |
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About a 1-year old croc on the river in the rainforest. |
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Hey Kanga, where's Poo? |
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Here I am feeding a small kangaroo. |
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Here, fishy fishy fishy... |
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This is Carlo, the Spoil Sport's chef, getting some shark bait ready. |
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When the shark bites... |
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Not on a hook - hanging on to the fish head. |
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Grey Reef Shark |
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Jaws it ain't, but it's still pretty awesome to be swimming with these creatures. |
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Grey Reef Shark |
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Notice at the top of the photo the waves? That's the surface - 60 feet up! |
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JD's got crabs! |
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Playing with a hermit crab on Sand Quay. |
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Spoilsport. |
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This is the boat I spent a week on. Hard to tell from this angle, but it's about 100 feet long. |
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Giant clam and Clown Fish. |
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The Great Barrier Reef |
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Looking over the vast coral reef, up to the surface. |
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Stuart and Debbie. |
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Our toilet-mates on the Spoilsport. |
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Uzi. |
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The ship's camera man. |
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The crew of the Spoilsport. |
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Back Row: Carlo, Dave, Will,Nick.
Front Row: Emily, Nat, Blake, Uzi.
Missing: Jason, Spoilsport's captain. |
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The guests of the spoilsport. |
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Back Row: Dave, me, Barb, Egon, Wolfgang,??? , Gabby.
Middle Row: Tammy,??? , Petra,??? , Donna.
Front Row: ???, Debbie, Stuart, Kirk.
Missing: Jeff and Betsy. |
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