Blogs from Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 13

Again the GREAT Barrier Reef How wonderful is that?! We explain our second trip to the Great Barrier Reef from Cape Tribulation just like it was in the advertisement: Enjoy an awesome day in the sun and experience the wonderful live of the Reef During the way out to the inner reef, our cool nice crew will give you information about the Reef, their inhabitants and also some tips where to find interesting creatures. Not only lunch and tea are included. but also wine and a lot of fun. Also guaranteed are: * turtles * sharks * sting rays * "nemo" clown fish * lobsters * big big big fat tuna This is exactly what we got! It was just great! Thanks to the RumRunner Crew ! The next day we spent in Cape Tribulation enjoying ... read more

My last weekend in Melbourne (before flying to Cairns) was heaps fun!!! The Friday after classes got out Sam and I went to Melbourne's Brighton Beach which is famous for their bright, colorful "beach boxes" that people own with views of downtown Melbourne. If and when they go for sale you can purchase this little square box for about $250,000! That night we met up with some of my friends I met through Young Life and went to the sold out Australia vs. India cricket game! It was a big deal with fireworks and all and apparently was a fast game because Australia beat them so quick (still a long enough game for me...It might take me a few more games to completely understand everything that was going on). After that we all went and hung ... read more

So the beautiful Heron Island has come to an end and more of australia needs to be explored before moving onto New Zealand for a month!!! My last week spent with my brother snorkelling the beautiful waters with turtles all sizes ...mantarays...sting rays...fish of every shape, size and colour and to top it all off a fantastic helicopter ride off the island.... ...After a crazy christmas and new year and weather of all extremes....i'll let the pictures do the talking!!!!!!!!1... read more

Big Bubbles no Troulbes!......oder wie klein ist die Welt! Nach den hitzigen Temperaturen im Landesinneren haben wir uns eine Woche auf Hoher See vergoennt, genauergesagt waren wir mit einem Tauchboot am Great Barrier Reef unterwegs.....tja und was kann man da mehr sagen als am besten die Bilder (samt Meeresbewohner) fuer sich selbst sprechen lassen. Die Wettergoetter waren uns diesesmal leider nicht so ganz wohl gesonnen...und so schafften wir es zar in den Norden des GBR nicht aber auf's Osprey Reef, wo die wirklich grossen Fische (Haie, Rochen, etc...) auf uns gewartet haetten....aber manchmal klappt es halt nicht so ganz wie gewuenscht und so muessen wir halt noch ein bisserl laenger von unserer magischen Begegnung mit einem Manta Rochen und den wirklich grossen Meeresbewohnern traeumen....aber es war ja sicher nicht unsere letzte Tauchreise....!! b... read more

The road towards the East Coast from Alice is quite uneventful. We passed a small town called Tennants Creek where we stayed for a night. Whilst there we had some entertainment from a bushtuckerman called Jimmy. He was a bit like Ray Mears, and told us stories of the bush, and about what plants you can survive on out in the bush. We all sat around a campfire and drank some bush tea which was ok, and had some ozzy bread, which they call damper. This was gorgeous with a bit of golden syrup! The next day we crossed the NT - Queensland border and then arrived at a place called Mount Isa which is apparently the biggest city in the world. Not because of population, only around 20,000 people live there, but from land mass. ... read more