Australia 2002 |
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Nelson Bay
my first stop, a long weekend together with chrissi, ben, and dean at port stephens, near nelson bay
dean with ben ::: whale watching ::: watching dean
Byron Bay
byron is a smallish town full of backpackers. i stayed there almost a week enjoying the surf
the blue iguana beach house, the place to be in byron ::: the lighthouse ::: the east end of mainland australia ::: the lighthouse
from the lighthouse towards byron bay
Fraser Island
three days on the world's largest sand island, explored in a 4wd together with seven other backpackers
at the ship wreck ::: together with my mexican 4wd mates
after the first night camping at indian head ::: together with craig from manchester
speeding down the highway ::: an awfully wild dingo
at the colorful dunes ::: a kookaburra ::: after the second night camping, before the first swim of the day
Whitsunday Islands
my next adventure: a three day sailing trip around the whitsunday islands
snorkeling
... still snorkeling
the first night, at the barefoot bar on hook island
the first night, our neighbors ::: our barbecue ::: our bunks ::: our neighbours, the next morning
during my first scube dive ::: sailing towards whitsunday island
the world famous whitehaven beach
on the beach ::: on a sand bank
a reef shark ::: me ::: a sting ray ::: the beach ::: our sailing yacht, the ambition
whale watching ::: till from muenster, westfalen ::: adam the skipper ::: sofia, gerald, jari, and emma
some other snobby sailors ::: pete the cook ::: preparing for the water
snorkeling
our race back to airlie beach
Magnetic Island
my last stop before flying back to sydney: magnetic island, a litte island near townsville
on top of a rock, near nelly bay
hiking from horseshoe bay to radical bay ... ::: a peacock ::: at radical bay
... and back
a banana fig tree at horseshoe bay ::: leaving magnetic island ::: at townsville airport, boarding the world's hottest airline
Sydney Harbour
the opera house ::: circular quay ::: the first fleet park
view from the west end ...
... and from the east end of circular quay
around the opera house
Sydney Aquarium
a platypus ::: a fish ::: a crocodile
lethal box fish ::: some flat fish ::: a shark
more sharks ::: a big one ::: and some small dudes
Sydney Downtown
me right in front of AMP tower
Sydney - From Coogee Beach to Bondi Beach
coogee beach ::: rocks ::: more rocks ::: gordons bay
clovelly bay ::: waverley cemetery
my airplane ::: bronte beach ::: picnic area at tamarama beach ::: the ocean
bondi beach
the botanicals gardens of sydney ::: a strange bird ::: dean, reading ::: crissi and dean
Vienna, New South Wales
my last stop