Australia 2024

An extraordinarily beautiful country that exceeded all expectations. Made all the more special for having the opportunity to reconnect w/ our friends Sue, Gael & Scott; as well as spend some time w/ new friends Janet and Simon. En savoir plus

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Coral Sea-Day 2: Osprey Reef
2 novembre 2024, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
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Coral Sea-Day3; Great Barrier Reef-Day 1
3 novembre 2024, Great Barrier Reef ⋅ 🌬 79 °F
Our first day in the Great Barrier Reef!!
FYI: "Bommie" is an Australian term for coral reef or rock formation typically resembling a column.
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3 novembre 2024, Coral Sea ⋅ 🌬 79 °F
Our tour provider created a video for the group. Since find penguins only supports 2 minute video, I broke the video into 3 sections
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3 novembre 2024, Coral Sea ⋅ 🌬 81 °F
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Great Barrier Reef Day 2 - Lizard Island
4 novembre 2024, Australie ⋅ 🌬 79 °F
Our 7-day dive trip was a combination of 2 excursions: a 4d trip with 3 days in the Coral Sea and 1 day in the GBR, and a 3d trip fully in the GBR. Lizard Island was the 'transition point' for those who signed up for the shorter excursions. So the first half of this day consisted of the 'transition': the 4d divers disembarking from their trip and new divers boarding for their 3d trip. For those of us 7d-trippers, we had time for a short walk around the island. The island supports a small airport, some private yachts, and a high-end hotel.En savoir plus
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That water! [Lynne Moon]
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Great Barrier Reef-Day 3
5 novembre 2024, Great Barrier Reef ⋅ 🌬 79 °F
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Great Barrier Reef - Day 4
6 novembre 2024, Great Barrier Reef ⋅ 🌬 79 °F
Last day on the Great Barrier Reef 😥
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Drive south to Townsville
7 novembre 2024, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
7 days of diving was excellent. Now we're off to our next destination: Airlie Beach. Since it's ~7 hour drive, we broke it up with a stop at Mission Beach for a look, then followed the coast southward and spent the night in Townsville. Townsville has a beautiful 3.5 mile promenade walking/biking trail that we enjoyed.En savoir plus
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7 novembre 2024, Great Barrier Reef ⋅ 🌬 81 °F
Mike Ball Dave shop, our provider created a video for us. Find penguins limits video to 2 minutes, so I had to separate the video to 4 videos under 2 minutes.

Videos 1 and 2
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7 novembre 2024, Great Barrier Reef ⋅ 🌬 79 °F
Videos 3 and 4 of the Great Barrier Reef
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Morning in Townsville, then on to Airlie
8 novembre 2024, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Woke up this morning to watch the canoeing club return from the Magnetic Island. It's dangerous to swim in the water due to stingers, so the next best thing is to canoe. There are also a number of surfer clubs on the beach, but it must be a different season, because the water is calm.
After a leisurely breakfast at a local cafe, we hit the road for our next destination: Airlie Beach.En savoir plus
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Airie Music Fest
9 novembre 2024, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
We arrived just in time to experience the annual Airlie Festival of Music (8-10 Nov). We visited 5 bars with bands, but regretfully took very view pictures
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Last day of Airlie Music Fest
10 novembre 2024, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
Today we tried a few more bars to hear a few more performers....
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VoyageurGreat fun
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Mount Rooper
11 novembre 2024, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
A little relaxation on the balcony followed by a nice little hike in/around Mount Rooper.
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Walk around Airlie
12 novembre 2024, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Voyageur How come Glenview isn't on there?
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Voyageur Montrose Harbor?
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Day trip to Hamilton Island: part 1 of 2
13 novembre 2024, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Our trip to Hamilton Island included a beautiful ferry ride (~50min) from Airlie, a kayaking outing at Catseye Beach where we saw the before-and-after effects of the tidal swings, and an island bus tour. However the tidal effects were so interesting that we separated our pics into 2 footprints: ferry/island tour for part 1 and kayaking/tidal effects for part 2.En savoir plus
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Hamilton Kayaking & Tidal Effect: pt 2
13 novembre 2024, Australie ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
Because of the tide schedule, the last start-time for kayak rentals at Catseye Beach is 10:30a.
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Rest and planning
14 novembre 2024, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
VoyageurLooking FWd to seeing you guys at THE PARTY 🎄🥳🧑‍🎄
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Outrigger Canoeing w/ local club
15 novembre 2024, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
During one of our walks we saw a sign promoting outings with the local canoeing club called The Whitsunday Outrigger Canoe Club. After contacting the club, we learned they offer Friday evenings for 'social canoeing' and invite beginners to join them in their outings. We have been seeing their boats in the bay the last couple days, so it was very cool that we were able to join a local club outing.En savoir plus
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VoyageurSuch a cool opportunity 😊
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Guided Kayak Outing to White Rock Reef
16 novembre 2024 ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
Signed up with SaltDog Kayaking for a Half day inner island turtle tour.
We were picked up and driven to Shute Harbor provided our instruction and off to Turtle Harbor in the hunt for Turtles. We left during high tide with a 5,000 person cruise ship in the area, creating a lot of ferry traffic. This caused the water to be clouded, so we only say one turtle :(

We loved the experience of being in a sea kayak and will need to go again.

An additional bonus was being able to try a stinger suit for a short swim near turtle island.En savoir plus
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VoyageurGreat mini adventure
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Catamaran Sailing - Day 2
18 novembre 2024, Australie ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
Morning snorkel in a bay on the north side of Border Island. As you can see from the pictures the water quality was a little cloudy. We were told the water quality changes with the weather.
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Catamaran Sailing: Day 2
18 novembre 2024, Australie ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
We had a little fun with the fishes before taking off for the Whitsundays.
Today we visited the Whitsunday Island - Hill Inlet!
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Voyageur So jealous as I sit here wrapped in a blanket!!
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VoyageurThe fish are so beautiful, as are the views. Such a spectacular coast. Seeing your photos makes me keen to go back there! I love your smiling faces !
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Catamaran Sailing - Day 3
19 novembre 2024, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
Morning snorkel on the north side of Hook Island. The reef was an improvement over the previous day, but the water quality was still cloudy.
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Catamaran Sailing: Day 3
19 novembre 2024, Australie ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F
Waking up on the northwest side of Hook Island. We took a short ride to a snorkeling area shown in the previous footprint. Then, we powered to the NW side of the island to check out fish and an underwater sculpture of sting rays. Even though the captain fed the fish, it was enjoyable to be surrounded by them. Afterward, we powered to Langford Island Reef to hike to a local lookout. Afterward, we went to Caves Cove on the west side of Hook Island to pull out the stand-up boards. Everyone had fun riding the 5 SUPs. The final stop was to Nara Inlet: a secluded bay on the south side of the island to spend the night. We were visited by a cockatoo (named Petie), who is apparently a 'regular' with the boat crew, which provided some fun entertainment as he pursued snacks with the captain.En savoir plus
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Catamaran Sailing - Day 3
19 novembre 2024, Australie ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F
Couldn't resist adding a few extra inflatable stand up boards pictures. Everyone had a fun time. Having said that, I would definitely try one before making a purchase. These were inflatable stand up paddle boards & were a lot more difficult than others I (Mark) have tried in the past.En savoir plus
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