Ian's meets with the famous Gary Taylor of Herd

Not only but also

Warren Bennet, Brian Bennet (father) Me and Mark Griffiths

How cool is this

Two men whom I have great admiration for

A bit of current trivia

Bruce Welch, Sir Cliff Richard & Hank B Marvin

Who on earth would jump off a high cliff into fresh air "YEP" its Christine undergoing pre-flight instructions before jumping off with an instructor and metres of silk.

There she goes headed for some gliding and we are happy to say a safe landing on the back of the beach visible in the background. What a shame Ian couldn't do it too! NOT !!!!

More friends to visit, Phil & Joyce Pailes from Eden. We were in the same park in Pt Douglas for 6 weeks and Phil took Ian fishing in his boat a lot of times. When we were in Eden (the top fishing spot in Oz) Phil took Ian out with mates in a larger boat and they brought home plenty of Snapper, Flat Head etc as well as being visited by Hump Back whales..........COOL.

Wollongong Harbour a very pretty place. Although Wollongong has lots of industry it also has many beautiful areas to see incliding Shell Harbour and Kiama etc. We were very impressed with the area and will go back there again one day.

A view from the hill overlooking beautiful Coffs Harbour.

A Turtle (one of many) swims lasily in the beautiful clear water at Coffs harbour at the end of the jetty.

We catch up with friends Nat & Jamie Williams of Wollongong. We met them in Alice Springs in 2005 and have stayed in contact since. They came and stayed with us Easter 2006 and have since had a daughter, so it was our turn to visit them. We had a great time, thanks guys.

The new coast road at Wollongong which is very photographed and appears in many TV commercials.

Up close and personal, Christine feeds the elephant at Australia Zoo, they have several.

One of 3 tiger cubs 18 months old, they were so cute but at $80 for a stroke and photograph we just stayed with our own snaps.

Yes he's gone but not forgotten. He left a big legacy for Australians.

The most photographed pub in Oz. It appeared in the newspaper cartoons for many decades. You have to see it to believe it

Watching the Hump Backed whales and calves off of Hervey Bay. It was great to have them come so close by their choosing.

A tour of the Bundaberg ginger beer outlet, never knew there was soo many flavours.

A lovely waterfall in Kershaw gardens Rockhampton

A wind memorial to Capt Cook at Emu Point. When the sea wind blows (all the time) it blows across the organ styled vertical pipes and makes a natural tune.

Yes its them again and no they haven't grown up still. They spent 3 hours with 38 others causing chaos around the town and suburbs of 1770. And they were the oldest bikies there by a long way however they were still up near the front when it came to the speed sections.

Sunset across the river at the front of our caravan park in the town 1770. It is a very beautiful place to visit if you can.

A view or two from the yacht club balcony at Airlie Beach

The Whitsundays from the look out at Bowen

One of the many muriurls in the town of Bowen

A very interesting spider at Paronella

Paronella park a place just so amazing. The Spanish gent who built it worked 13 years on sugar cane farms to make his money then bought the 13 acres of land and built by hand his own castle. There is just soo much to see that it is not possible to tell it all here but you can visit their web site and read. The gentleman died in 1948 and the place already had its own hydo electric power while the hotel down the road was still using candles. His granddaughter was married in the grounds just a few years ago. We stayed here for two days and explored extensively.

Rare micr bats found in the grounds in the tunnel of love.

A glimpse of the castle illuminated at night with fountains powered by the river.

An early breakfast for two by the lake with the natural waterfall in the background. The lake continues as a river and is full of snapping Turtles, giant eels and well developed sooty grunter fish.

The giant gum boot at Tully. Tully claims to be the place that has the highest rainfall in Queensland

Some people who don't mind cold water and slippery rocks chance swimming at the Mossman gorge.

Reflections in the water pool at Mossman Gorge.

Such clear water in the gorge we could see the fish.

Mossman river flowing through the Mossman Gorge

Swinging bridge in the beautiful Mossman Gorge rainforest.

Green winged pidgeon in the rainforest.

Gee those weaties sure make a girl feel strong, just look at this folks (Mossman Gorge)