Published by
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Adventures in Australia on
February 1, 2010
OK first just know never go to Fraser Island January Through March! .. …. INsect haven. We began the trip in Hervey Bay at Friendly’s Hostel, when we arrived someone said “wow!, look at all those bats” .. “where are they goin?” ..”Fraser Island” , ofcoarse. .. So we met some Scotish travelers at the hostel who just got back from Fraser, and said they were attacked by Mosquitos .. and… wait for it… 2.5 cm. lg Marsh Flies/ otherwise know as Bloodsucking bastards that are attracted to EVERYTHING! including Mosquito spray. we were swarmed to the point whre we couldn’t even hang out at camp during the day. we had to eat/pack all at night when the flies fell asleep. most the time we made sandwiches in the car or tent. At One point I made a drink run and was attacked by hundreds all at once, in a few of the pictures you will see us waving swatters to tally our points. Besides the Giant bloodsucking flies, we also spoted a dangerous centipede hiding under KC’s and My tent, Giant spiders, Dingos, many crabs, and ofcoarse the ‘flying fox’ bats. SO with a full day of rain, and setting up camp on day one, and with all the Marsh flies.. we really felt like we had an adventure upon us.. then it happened. Day 3 we were off to the ‘Aquarium’ or Champagne pools. we arrived there at a near high tide and the waves were massive rollers beating against the rock wall. watching them crash, KC needed to get a little closer. After a few waves crashing on the pools wall.. and him holding onto some rocks it looked like it was all good fun getting rained on by the giant foam fallout. , being protected by the many ragged rocks ofcoarse, then came the true test. A new set. Wave one hit, and put KC in the crouching position…still holding onto the rock in front of him, and before he could re-think his strategy wave 2 revealed its face in stand up position. Crushing the barrier rocks in front of KC, and plowing through left KC missing for about 3 seconds. Magically appearing about 20 feet behind his first position curled up inbetween a couple of rocks. Once helping him up and truely seeing what happened we noticed his arm and legs took a beating. most damage to his shoulder. We found an ambulance on the island and arranged his lift back to the mainland, our first opportunity to get off the island was the next morning. . Once we got back to Hervey bay we met up with KC back at Friendly’s to find 10 fresh staples in his shoulder upon other bandages and repairs. All and all it was quite the adventure. Oh by the way he was smiling the whole time.. and ofcoarse while we were cleaning up his arm with the swarms of marsh flies attacking.. We feel stronger coming back from Fraser, and we are thankful to be home, especially KC. Here are the pictures to prove it…well most of it.
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The Bats the night before we took the ferry across to Fraser.
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Wind+Rain+Isalnd = Excited Nate
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the boot
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The Ferry was drifting by as we had to speed on to it! because of the bad conditions
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our turn! as the ferry was scraping by.
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Hannah and KC
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this is how we pop tents.
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A similar picture to the visitor that slept und KC and Nate’s tent, on night 1
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the 4 March Killers.
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Our Land Rover Defender, ‘the beast’ did not get Bogged once, and we pushed the limit.
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Hannah is happy behind the wheel.
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the misty trail
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well we saw McKenzie.. water all around!
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Dingo trail
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he hoped up on the side.
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still Happy..
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Interesting that Laura took this picture 2 days before IT happened.
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runway
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Our dune spot for nights 2 and 3
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notice the fly swatter
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March Flies!
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Fly on glass
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Close up of the beasts that tried to suck us dry.
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One of 2 hot meals we had! because of the flies, notice the swatter again.
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Sean Inspired
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little Indian Mermaid.
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Indian Head Rock Flowers
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the wreck
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notice the swatter
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Crabs hanging in an old port hole.
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After the Champagne pool disaster.. the arm.
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look familiar ( same guy from earlier) coordinated KC off the Isalnd and got him to a hospital.
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just little ants
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StoneTool sand blow
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Lake Wabby
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Stone Tool
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awww.. notice the swatter.
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Beautiful sunrise leaving for 7:30 am ferry on the other side of the Island! here we go.
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this looks Australian.
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almost back to the Ferry!
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all aboard
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see you next time Fraser.
Published by
Nate and Hannah under
Adventures in Australia on
November 25, 2009
These pictures are from our week long trip to the Whitsunday Islands with Zee and Maryann, we earned our scuba certification to 18m ( 60 feet ) while on the Great Barrier reef and Whitsunday Islands. The sights were amazing and we met some good friends along the way. We had a great scuba instructor – Harry , very patient and thorough, as well as a great Skipper – Basa , he loved to sail and never sleeps. So we had the opportunity to explore some of the outer reef, and some amazing dive sites. Such as Bait Reef, Line Reef, Blue Pearl Bay, Luncheon Bay, Hook Island, Whithaven Beach – where the sand is 98% Silicon , the pureset sand on earth.. You can use it to exfoliate, polish your jewelery, and its even used for the lens on the huble Telescope. Hopefully soon I will upload the underwater pictures.. just need to get them developed. We Miss you guys back home! enjoy the pictures. Oh and a special congrats to Rick and Jamie.. the newest newlyweds!
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Breakfast in Airlie Zee, Maryann, and Hannah
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Map of the Whitsundays
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morning wake-up call at our hotel in Airlie
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The pool class before the trip
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traing and our instructor Harry
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Quick lunch before the sail
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Fist night! on the boat
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First day at sea
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good friends and good times
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Anaconda III
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us and our Boat
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Hannah polishing her ring w/ the sands from Whithaven
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Hannah and Maryann
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shoreline at Whithaven beach
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thats our Sail Boat at Whithaven beach
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yes 4 people stayed in this hideaway
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full sail
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one of my favorite sunsets
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view out to sea
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map of our trip
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our itenerary
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Kate and Jeremy
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Chris and Johan
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The Sea Pack
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ready for our drift dive on Line Reef in GBR
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Getting ready for our dive
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Zee, Johan and Zee’s Mermaid
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The afterparty
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lizard on daydream
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cool orb spider on Daydream
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Zee’s Mermaids on DayDream
Published by
Nate and Hannah under
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September 21, 2009
Met up with Hannah after her Music Therapy conference in Sydney for a couple of days. Also bumped into our friend Ben Hammond. hope you like the pics. Heres a small selection. We visited Bondi Beach, Manly Beach, The Sydney harbor, The rocks ( historical district), and Darling harbor. The place we were recommended for amazing fish and chips on the harbor edge.
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Sydney Harbor
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can u zoom in?
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motif
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very elegant
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hey
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tile of the Opera house
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Opera House bathroom sinks
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one of the perspectives I drew
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Bondi Beach
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Moo – best lunch spot in Bondi ( in our opinion )
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Best Burger Ever! Spinach, Tomatoe, Pineapple, Mango chutney, Bacon, Fried Egg, Beef, and amazing bread
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view from Moo
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check out the man bag.. oh no.
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nice shot of both bridge and opera house, from Ben’s camera
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Sydney harbor Bridge
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Sydney Harbor Bridge
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Darling Harbor
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Our friend Ben
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Shelly Beach, at Manly beach
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Shelly Beach
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rock loungin, Bean and Hannah
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dusting the opera house
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dust storm
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Duststorm the day after we left
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great pic from the news
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Artastic on
September 12, 2009
To kick off the Brisbane city festival they do an annual firework and F111 display. The nickname is RiverFire. Fireworks are lit from 5 barges including tops of buildings in the city downtown area. 2 f111′s also came in for a low flight w/ after burn (twice), no pics of those though.. too fast. I tried. Hannah and I enjoyed a spot on the river near the story bridge with a pizza and some interesting fizzy drinks. Check out some of the firework pics below.