Australia
After the .com boom and bust of early 2000, we spent almost a year in Australia - with stops in the Cook Islands and New Zealand on the way. It was a trip of a lifetime - we will keep going back to this incredible place, most recently Matt & Eloïse in 2022.
Arriving in Sydney
That magnificent Sydney Harbor Bridge
And other new friends..
Sydney Zoo
Bondi Beach
Sydney Opera House with pink and purple sky in the background, seen from across the water.
Floods, freezing weather and transportation strikes in Sydney .. but the beaches are beautiful.
Heading north to Port Douglas
A new wallaby friend in Karunda, Cairnes ..
Until there is the real thing, we have this one ..
The whole reason for the trip, right here. A lifetime obsession with koalas.
Not fake ..
Can't get enough! Karunda Koala Gardens
More beaches ...
Always cards ..
A kangaroo sitting on the ground with its head turned to the side, in a natural outdoor setting with trees and blue sky in the background.
Karunda Railway
Rats and snakes with brekkie ...
A girl smiling and leaning against a colorful mural featuring a woman with black hair, tropical plants, a pineapple, a camera, a skull, and various abstract shapes.
Gondola to the rainforest
A young girl standing on a dock near boats with a sign that says 'No Fishing' in the foreground. There are two yachts visible in the background, one named 'Silver Sonic,' with a mountain and blue sky behind.
Not the Broadway play ...
A young girl with a backpack kneeling on the ground, reaching out to a resting kangaroo in a park or zoo setting with other kangaroos lying and sitting nearby.
Great Barrier Reef beauty
No platypus sightings, just these two in far north Queensland rainforest