Surfin' Up the Sunshine Coast

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January 20th 2006

Published: January 20th 2006

After our great time in Surfers Paradsise we rented a car and drove up the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast to Noosa. We stopped at various places along the way. The first one being Brisbane. This is a nice city along the river and a bit away from the coast. Consequently, they have utilized their river very well. There is a riverwalk that is approximately 14 miles long. Along the walk there... Read Full Entry

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Twilight over Noosa River and the BATS

Enlarge this photo to get the full effect. Look at the band of black crossing over the moon. We stood and watched the bats pass over our heads from 3 different directions for over 30 minutes. This was probably the greatest mass of mammals that we have ever seen in one sighting. They just kept coming and coming!! It was truly amazing!

Bats flying across the moon

The sky was so filled with bats for miles and miles that it looked like a giant swarm of gnats.

Surfers Paradise sand sculpture

I promise this will be the last Christmas theme photo.

20th January 2006

Abby Pettigrew
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Magnificent photos'!
Pamroe and Ron, Love the photos as always! I am just amazed that you can get so close to the animals! Do you care if I print the Blog up and send it with Carlea to share with her teacher? Carlea did great on her recent report card. she and 7 other kids are in a reading/computer class( where she reads us a book and answers questions on the computer! Look forward to your next blog! love, Abby, Carl and Carlea

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