I just got back from a brilliant 4 week trip to Australia. It’s a brilliant country, well worth a visit.
Opera House
Sydney Opera House and Harbour bridge
Darling harbour
Downtown, Opera House and Harbour bridge
Sydney Harbour, as seen from the Sydney Tower, the highest building in town
The Australian grass-topped Parliament in Canberra
'Cow in a tree' statue in Melbourne, based on a true story of a cow being found in a tree after a flood
Koala
Great Ocean Road
Twelve Apostles: there are only 8 rocks, so the name is wrong
Steve Irwin's cousin gives bird shows on Kangoroo islands. These are Kookaburra.
Remarkable Rocks: these rocks can be found at the southern end of Kangoroo island
Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, in the evening
Detail of Uluru (in the morning)
Climbing Uluru can be done from this side. The local Aboriginals prefer it if you don't climb.
Uluru
Katja Tjuta
Mt Connor, on the left here, is a table-top mountain not too far from Uluru. It is on private property.
The Kurunda Skyrail is a 7.5 km cableway over the jungle near Cairns
The cassowary is a flightless, emu-like bird only found in Australia and Papua-New Guinea
Statues
This is the beach in Port Douglas, just north of Cairns
This is the beach in Port Douglas, just north of Cairns
A crocodile in the Daintree river. This picture was taken with a large zoom lens
The trip map can be found here (click on the following picture):
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