jeremy's australia trip - photo slides
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From downtown Sydney, through zoos and vineyards, to the Great Barrier Reef, here are a few photos from our January 2013 trip "Down Under."TRANSCRIPT
The Sydney Harbour Bridge
The Sydney Opera House
View of the Harbour from the Taronga Zoo
Watching “BridgeClimb” participants
From the Pylon Lookout
From the Pylon Lookout
At “home,” Coogee Beach, where I used to live…
Coogee Beach
Vines at Brokenwood winery
Mount View Estate vineyard
Vines at Mount View Estate
Crystal Cascades watering hole, in the jungle north of Cairns
Koala at Taronga Zoo
Duck-billed platypus at Taronga
Koala at Cairns Tropical Zoo
Me and Buster
Emily and Buster
Our new adopted child
No flashes permitted in the maternity ward
They’re quite friendly when you have food…
…much less kicking!
A replica of the boat we were on, which was the “ScubaPro II”
View of the reef (and “bommies”) from the surface
About to hop in
Total Zen!
Blue damsels amongst the coral
Aptly named “Mushroom Coral,” more than 12 feet long…
Inverted viewing
“Giant” clam, albeit a smaller one.
It really was that bright blue…
Emily indicating our next path
An upside-down “upside-down jellyfish”
Juvenile anenomefish – not a true “Clownfish”
Example of a “True Clownfish” – Not an original photo
Porcupine anenomefish
Anenomefish (decent flash response in terms of color)
Anenomefish family
The mouth of the anenome
Early turtle encounter
Blue-spotted stingray
Lionfish
Juvenile lionfish
Blue-ringed octopus
Close encounter with a turtle – he hung around for about 20 minutes…
…before he decided he was hungry…
for a lunch of nearby coral algae.