Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef

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May 18th 2011

Published: June 18th 2011

Our first taste of the Wet Tropics of Queensland We took a 2,5h flight from Brisbane to Cairns and this is when it hit us .... wow this place is huge!!! On the map this route is just a tiny bit of Australia and yet the distance between these two towns is like from London to Krakow in Poland!!! The minute we exited the plane we knew we were in a different and more tropical climate- it was hot and ... Read Full Entry

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Beata and Tomek

Our RTW lasted 583 days = 1 year, 7 months, 5 days. That means 83 weeks/13,992 hours/839,520 minutes/50,371,200 seconds of LIVING THE DREAM We love to travel. It is as simple as that ;-) 30.09.2011 we embarked on the trip of our lives ;-) in 2007 we got inspired by our friends (Monique and Nigel who constantly travel and have been on the RTW) and since then we have been thinking about it all the time. We finally set up a date, started to save up and focused only on preparation ;-) We could not just stay at home all the time so we traveled a bit in between but ... full info

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19th June 2011

Theroadiscalling
Nate and J

Love your photos
Hi guys! The Barrier reef looks amazing! Your pictures from the snorkel trip are beautiful! What are great memory to have. We just spent a week in the Perhentians and saw many similar things but no underwater photos to remember our time! Take care. Nate and Jessie

19th June 2011

Beata and Tomek
us At Home Abroad

Hi
Thanks Guys;-) For now it was just a holiday but cant wait till we start doing what you do now;-) No envious when we read your blog;-) Enjoy;-) B&T

20th June 2011

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Love following your travels
Fantastic turtle photo. We enjoyed our time along the reef. Sorry to hear you had camera problems. Sadly that has happened to us in the past. Great blogging.

20th June 2011

Beata and Tomek
us At Home Abroad

Thank you, glad you like it ;-) It was fantastic few days over there. Turtles came so close to us that it was unbelievable. I don't think our photos would have turned so great though - we learnt that we need to buy a very good flash in order to take there;-)

12th September 2011

Susurros somnolientos
J. Lalo Cura

Pure magic
Hi Beata and Tomek, those are some incredible pictures, especially the turtle flowing around weightlessly. Well done! Makes me want to visit Queensland! Cheers, Jens

7th May 2012

Kayla
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Fantastic Photo's
Hi guys, Your blog looks amazing and the website is great to. I really love the photos you have put up and the detail you put into your blog. The photo's you put into your blog are fantastic and are such great quality. I to, hope to travel to the great barrier reef one day and see the sights. I look forward to seeing more of your stories.

9th May 2012

Beata and Tomek
us At Home Abroad

Hi
Thank you very much for your kind words Karla;-) You did not leave an email so we cannot reply directly to you-( thanks for reading;-) B

4th May 2013

Steve H
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Great Photos
Wow, those are really wonderful pics ! Thanks for posting your blog. I found you in a search for best travel blogs, and travelblog.org came up with this link. Steve

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