Its been a long time! However not a lot of excitement was happening here since my last post. A lot of studying, which turned out well - earning me "high distinction" on the midterm as I smashed out an 80%. Justin Underhill showed up here from New Zealand in mid May. He hung out until our exam adn then 10 of us went on an epic road trip from Brisbane to Cairns. I don't feel like writing at the moment since it has taken me ages to go through almost 1000 photos and pic out the top 100. I posted them for you. (And an album of when me and Justin went ot a Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane.) I had to sharpen a bunch of the photos - mostly the underwater ones- to make the images better. But the hours it took are well worth it as you will soon see! Tommorow or the next day I will document as much of our adventures as I can. Here is a brief (for those following with a map!) and the photos follow the order of the trip:
Exam on June 5th ( a thursday). 3:30 am on June 7th, we collected all 10 of the original group and headed out to Fraser Island. We only had 2 nights/3 days there so we wanted to maximize our time and arrive on the first ferry across. June 9th in the evening we arrived in Agnes Waters/Town of 1770. Its actually called "1770". Last place to surf before the reef begins.
After making stops in Airlie Beach, Mission Beach, and the "Paradise Waterhole" in Paluma National Park, we made it to Cairns. Stayed for two nights then boarded our vessel at 7am. Sailed to the reef and snorkelled or scuba dived at 3 locations. Returned hte next day at 6pm. Camped outside of Cairns that night. Headed to Undara Lava Tubes in the middle of nowhere. Then off to Townsville and checked out an amazing Sanctuary...yaaaay crocodiles! A few more stops on the way home - some people went home a day earlier. But the final 5 of us stopped in Noosa for an afternoon of surfing, camping outside of town and more surfing in the AM before returning to Brisbane. Enjoy the photos.
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Two new albums are of the lone pine sanctuary with Justin and myself. And then theCairns Road Trip one.
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