The Australian Photo Album

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		Tallships berthed at Darling Harbour, Sydney during the Bi-Centennial celebrations in January 1988.
		This natural rock arch is at Jenolan Caves, Nr Lithgow, NSW, and the area is well worth visiting. You are almost guaranteed to see wallabies and kangaroos. Also, the natural limestone caves are well worth visiting. If you have previously visited limestone caves elsewhere these ones are, in all honestly, much the same.
		The Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of central and northern Queensland is brilliant. When snorkelling the tropical fish swim within inches of your face and they are of every colour in the rainbow. The different forms of coral, clams, etc are amazingly fascinating. The hours just fly past in this marine haven and the water is beautiful, clear and warm. I love it.
		A Flathead Turtle returns to the sea after laying about 100 eggs in the sand dunes near Bundaberg, Qld. I hope she comes back next year to lay a 100 more and that she isn't turned into stew by the indigenous population of Australia who are still allowed to hunt this endangered species under the guise of "traditional" lifestyles. There won't be much "traditional" about them when they are exterminated.
		Let's face it - what Aussie Album would be complete without a pic of a Koala. Please don't call these creatures Koala bears because they are not bears they are marsupials. This is not a professionally taken photograph but it was taken out in the Aussie bush as opposed to those shots of koalas taken in zoos, etc. If you really want to know more about them I'll add some links as I find them. But from first hand experience they smell, they bite, and they are basically grumpy bastards.

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