Around Australia with Mini Me

[Mad Aussie]

Will do HBG

[AntZ]

Wow. Some cool shots MA. Makes want to get up that way even more.
I really like the silhouette in post 21.

[Richard]

Keep em coming MA, really enjoying this thread.

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks Richard. Certainly different than anything around your bit of the world huh!

Hey AntZ ... see the size of that Ant Hill? I've never seen one that big myself other than photos.

[Mad Aussie]

Next to Ayers Rock is another geological anomaly called the Olga's. Here's a few of Graeme and Mandy's shots from there before they left the area to head for Kings Canyon.

The Olgas

[Mad Aussie]

A few more from this region ...

Graeme chasing Dean up a rock ...



Apparently Graeme is in this shot of climbing Ayers Rock (Uluru) ... but I can't pick him out ...


Graeme and Mandy and Dean on Ayers Rock


Dean's Birthday (he's 4 yrs old)


A birthday in a caravan can be interesting


And my brother is training him early in photography it seems

[edG]

more great memories for your family - really appreciate you sharing MA

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks Ed

[Mad Aussie]

The Drama's continue for Graeme and Mandy on their journey.

They are now sitting in Darwin. A week ago Graeme's Canon D60 (yes ... it's a D60 ... older Canon digital DSLR) died. He rung me a few days asking for advice on what to buy while they were in Darwin. He'd found some Canon's he could afford in a brochure for a sale on up there at present. I went through those with him and also suggested he look closer at the Nikon D5000 and D90's in the catalogue.
Not sure if he's bought one yet. He has another worry.

Graeme and Mandy have a great dog who they left behind with our sister. Buddy is an aging Kelpie and has been an awesome dog. Last week he was diagnosed with liver cancer and given a week to a month to live. They've had buddy since he was a pup.
They told young Dean and he answered as you would expect a 4 yr old to answer ... "Don't worry Daddy ... Buddy will get better soon" .... "Not this time mate" Graeme answered.

My sister put herself and Buddy on a plane the other day and flew him to Darwin so Graeme and Mandy could spend a few last days with him. Graeme mentioned during the phonecall that he should put him down very soon. I told him to simply wait until he sees Buddy ... he will know if whether he should keep him alive days or weeks when he sees him. I told him I hoped he was strong enough to make the right call for Buddy's sake.

We will miss that dog. He was a special one.

[QuietOne]

Damn, I'm sorry to hear that, MA. What a rough thing to happen during the trip. I imagine Dean is going to be heartbroken when Buddy is gone, but I hope he's able to look back when he's older and remember the good times he had with him. My sympathy to them, if you think they'd like to hear that.