Australia 2005

Off to the Pacific coast of Australia, principally to see the coral of the Great Barrier Reef before it dies. Besides visiting Queensland, we will be staying a few days in Sydney.

Our travels were during October and November, 2005.

Brisbane

Tuesday, November 8, 2005

Upon leaving Heron Island, we flew from Gladstone to Brisbane to see wild animals at the Lone Pine...

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Heron Island

Saturday, November 5, 2005

Heron Island is a coral cay about 30 miles off of the Queensland coast, on the Tropic of Capricorn....

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Cape Tribulation Area, Qld

Wednesday, November 2, 2005

Near Cape Tribulation, we took an automobile tour into the bush and walked along long and empty...

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Port Douglas, Queensland

Monday, October 31, 2005

Port Douglas offers the visitor a selection of boats to take out to snorkel at the Great Barrier...

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Cairns, Queensland

Sunday, October 30, 2005

We landed in Cairns on the Coral Sea and immediately rented an automobile. The steering wheel is on...

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Sydney

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

We traveled to Sydney to eat at several well–regarded restaurants, visit the zoo and aquarium, and...

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