Around Australia with Mini Me

[Iguanasan]

Seems the thread was closed somehow or for some reason. Being a mod I didn't realize as it lets me post in closed threads if I want. Thanks for the heads up on that QuietOne, here I was thinking if no one was going to bother commenting I wasn't going to bother posting.

Didn't notice the thread being closed but I did miss the last couple of updates... just went through them now. Awesome images! I didn't know they had camels in Australia. Some of those shots were awesome! Please don't stop sharing, it's a wonderful journey. I can't imagine doing it myself but it looks like an amazing time and what a fantastic experience.

[Bambi]

I want to follow this journey until the END! So don't stop posting!

[Mad Aussie]

You should the see awesome shots they got in the next lot. Swimming with Dolphins is a highlight.

[QuietOne]

As long as it isn't swimming with sharks! It does sound like they're having a wonderful time.

[Mad Aussie]

As long as it isn't swimming with sharks! It does sound like they're having a wonderful time.

Well ... they did at one stage. They have a photo of one swimming in the shallows too.

[MoinMoin]

I love the underwater pictures! Do you have a special camera for it now or just the special case for it?

[Andrew]

I do quite a bit of snorkeling in Mexico and I must say it's nice to see a clean reef. I've had the opportunity a couple of times and they can be spectacular. The photos from the underwater disposable cameras don't do them justice and the housings for the point and shoots aren't a whole lot better. You really have to see it for yourself so if you get the opportunity, take it.

[Mad Aussie]

I love the underwater pictures! Do you have a special camera for it now or just the special case for it?

I think Graeme and Mandy are using a waterproof point and shoot ... like the Olympus, Canon and Panasonic models.

[Mad Aussie]

Not sure if I mentioned the latest issues but at this point the old Toyota Hilux was starting to struggle again. You'll remember the bent chassis that had to be welded, and the tape holding the lights in because the corrugations had shaken out the screws. Then the fuel tank split it's seams because the roads were so rough.
Somewhere around this point of their journey there was a huge crunch as Graeme went for 5th gear and suddenly the Hilux was a 4 speed! Luckily 5th is on a separate shaft so the gearbox still operates without it. A few drainings of the oil to remove the metal bits and it was onwards towards Perth in South Western Australia.

Before then though the Shark bay region of Western Australia needed a visit ...




Camping on the beach


Fishing for dinner and watching the sun go down


Gotta love the water colour


And the colour palette in the sky


Even by day


Quobba Blowholes


more shortly ...

[Mad Aussie]

Shark Bay is huge ... it's the big jagged bit halfway up the coast of the west side of Australia on the maps.

This is Shell Beach ...






Goulet Bluff


Eagle Bluff Lookout



Still from Eagle Bluff ... School of baitfish seen in the foreground


Still taken from way up on that boardwalk/ lookout ... that shark would be big enough to do some serious damage. I'd guess it's about a metre long. Looks so small in this shot.


more shortly ...