Our hotel in Alice Springs, The Lasseters Hotel, the local rugby team warming up
The restaurant in our hotel, had a couple of cold ones here...
The national red flower of Australia blooming in the outback
The pool in the middle of the desert
aqua aerobics at the pool...84 degrees at 8 am
Judy ready for the plunge
our pool in Ayres Rock, The Desert Gardens Hotel
Dean's watering hole while Judy sunbathed
Ayres rock
Judy's new bench (-: near Uluru
Judy's purchase of an Aborignal painting with the artist near Ayres Rock
Ayres rock at sunset in its full glory
internet vending machine in the outback..$2 for 12 minutes
our camels getting ready to mount
This is our camel...Meryl, a female, 32 years old
a look back at our camel train
sunrise on the camel ride at Ayres Rock
camel toe
end of our ride, 1 hour
view of the Olgas
hiked to the base of the Olgas, 103 degrees at 11 am
Marlin Wharf in Cairns
Our boat to Green Island to the Great Barrier Reef
Green Island
The beach at Green Island
More of the beach at Green Island
Lifeguard station on Green Island
a jellyfish, Dean thought it was for Judy's implant
2 Finns Downunder at the beach on Green Island
Our boat to a platform 100 miles out from Cairns to snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef
Our platform on the Great Barrier Reef
Closer view of the platform, which included a submarine ride, underwater observatory and snorkeling....restaurant for lunch too
On our boat the Reef King approaching the platform
Scuba doo...the one man submersible
On our way back to Cairns with Green Island in the background
Dean & Judy with Wally, the 50 lb humpback merrifish...
Fruit bats outside our hotel, big as crows and noisy here in Cairns
Our pool at the Novotal in Cairns
another shot of the pool in Cairns
Our aborignal performance at the Tjapukai Aboringal Culture Center
the performers...we all got face painted too
Judy and one of the performer playing the didgerido
No comments:
Post a Comment