A month in Australia is barely enough time to scratch the surface. And our month was limited to the eastern portion of the country. Starting in Sydney, we went north to Brisbane, the Gold Coast, O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat, and surrounding vicinity. From there we flew up to Cairns and Port Douglas, from which we spent a day in the Great Barrier Reef, then touring the countryside nearby. Then it was up to Darwin and Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territories. After that, it was a flight back down south to Melbourne, Grampians National Park, the Great Oceans Road, topped off by an evening watching penguins at Phillip Island Wildlife Park. Here are some pics from our time in this beautiful country.
Sydney Opera House - from different perspectives
Washing the windows...
From the Taronga Zoo
Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Sydney Skyline
Australian White Ibis
Noisy Miner Bird
Sulfur Crested Cockatoo
Purple Swamphen
Black Cormorant on Lady's Head
Black Cormorant on Lady's Head
Black Cormorant on Lady's Head
Manly Beach
Surfer Dude
Surfer Dude
Surfer Dude
Surfer Dude
Manly Drinking station
Waiting for the waves
Blue Mountains
Possibly Pimelea - Riceflower
Heathe
Blue Mountains
Blue Mountains
Blue Mountains NP - Katoomba Rain Forest tree ferns
Fern fronds
Sulfur-crested Cockatoo
Leura Cascades trail
Banksia
Unknown... for now
Gold Coast & Brisbane
Humpback Whale - Gold Coast Skyline
Humpback Whale
Queensland Tree Waratah
Brisbane Sight
Mount Tamborine
Eastern Spinebill
Pieris japonica
Dragonfly!
Australian brush turkey
Orchid
Orchid Plant
Orchid Flower
Beetle
Port Wine Magnolia
O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat
Cheers!
Red-necked Pademelon - Thylogale thetis
Crimson Rosella
Australian King-Parrot
Australian King-Parrot on her head
Red-browed Finch
Eastern Yellow Robin
Eastern Whipbird
Female Regent bowerbird
Male Regent Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Red-bellied Black Snake - Poisonous
Python crossing the trail
Lewin's Honeyeater
Lewin's Honeyeater
Lewin's Honeyeater
Pied Currawong
