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Down Under with Odysseys-Unlimited

107 images Created 11 May 2018

Selections from our tour to Australia and New Zealand during April 2018 with Odysseys-Unlimited travel company, led by Allan MacKay.

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  • My cat climbed into my camera bag as I packed.
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  • His old suitcase burst open in DCA.  Baggage handlers taped it together so it made it in one piece to Cairns.
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  • Stained glass windows by Gerry Cummins and Jill Stehn in St. Monica's Cathedral, Cairns, Australia.  They are meant to symbolize the natural forces of the Earth.
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  • Stained glass window by Gerry Cummins and Jill Stehn in St. Monica's Cathedral, Cairns, Australia.  Features downed airplane.
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  • Somewhat successfully on this swinging and swaying cable car.
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  • On the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway near Cairns, Australia
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  • Wake of the catamaran, with another following behind.
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  • At the Great Barrier Reef
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  • On the launch to Michaelmas Cay on the Great Barrier Reef
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  • Portrait of him demonstrating different types of coral he has collected
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  • Seagulls and fish scramble over food thrown from the boat.
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  • Yes, it's tight quarters.
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  • Full size model showing how the plane interior is arranged for patient, doctor, nurse.  We saw one flying overhead once as we toured.
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  • An impressively thought-through system for education of children at remote farms and cattle stations.
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  • Demonstration at the reptile center in Alice Springs.
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  • Demonstration lizard at the Alice Springs reptile center
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  • Aborigines teaching American tourists their war dance
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  • Hand prints are a symbol of belonging to a place, according to one interpretation.
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  • Australian aborigine playing didgeridoo
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  • See if the blurredmotion suggest the sound!
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  • Didgeridoos for sale at Heritage Markets in Cairns.
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  • Smiling shyly for the camera.  Aboriginal people do not usually care to have their photos made.  This man is accustomed to tourists and likes to teach them how to throw a boomerang.
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  • how to throw a boomerang; Australian aborigine and tourist
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  • Demonstration of an aborigine food
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  • One tourist in right foreground, another at rear, suggesting distance.
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  • Tight illuminated space
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  • Koalas do not move much and spend most of their days resting comfortably in a tree
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  • Australian feral camels are feral populations consisting of two species of camel: mostly dromedaries (Camelus dromedarius) but also some bactrian camels (Camelus bactrianus). Imported into Australia from British India and Afghanistan[1] during the 19th century for transport and construction during the colonisation of the central and western parts of Australia, many were released into the wild after motorised transport replaced the use of camels in the early 20th century, resulting in a fast-growing feral population. (Wikipedia)  These two live in a zoo.
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  • The circles mean a waterhole or meeting place
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  • Hidden opening reveals an ancient water hole
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  • Tourists gather for an evening to watch the sun setting on Uluru.
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  • Kata Tjuta is a group of domed rock formations found in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, along with Uluru. There are actually 36 domes that make up the Kata-Tjuta formations
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  • pelicans
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  • Little Australian penguins at a zoo.
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  • Pair of little Australian penguins, heads close together, looking at the camera
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  • Abstract white formations curving above
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  • Abstract white formations curving above
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  • Abstract white formations curving above
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  • Abstract white formations curving above
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  • Statue of collie dog, MacKenzie County, South Island, New Zealand
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  • Our tour of New Zealand began in the South Island with a sheep farm.
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  • Vintner describing his pinot noir at Maori Point vineyard
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  • Oak from Hungary.
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  • Knowledgeable recounter of stories and very safe driver on twisting mountain roads at night
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  • Four people each on a luge roll down the track at Queenstown.  Looking down on the ramp from the viewing platform above.
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  • Road sign warning of tight mountain curves enroute to Milford Sound
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  • Three tourists with their cameras at the ready below a towering cliff.
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  • I manipulated this image with some filters to make it even more dynamic..
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  • One of the many post-rainfall waterfalls in Milford Sound
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  • Geyser at the Maori village Te Puia near Rotorua sprays eloquently skyward.  Fence in the foreground keeps people far enough away
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  • Huge monolithic greenstone on display at Te Puia, Rotorua.
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  • A pool in Te Puia, Rotorua, full of sparkles and color with a mallard duck
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  • The girls, by waving their arms and jumping around, persuaded the bird to flap his wings and hop around too.
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  • Taken through the wire fence, hence rather blurry.  But their snuggle was too cute to pass up.
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  • The guides happened to be Canadian and very knowledgeable about the geology of the area.
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  • Lights are to guide visitors down the ramp.
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  • Waitress shows Steve how it's done.
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