New South Wales

A few shots showing didgeridoo players, harbour bridge and the opera house all from Sydney, and a couple shots for Byron Bay, the eastern most point in mainland Oz. When You buy a seafood platter for 2 i´m normally sceptic if there´s enough food for 1 ! but this one could have fed a whole army ! I had to leave the squid parts though  :-D

Victoria

A place only few tourists go is Mt. Kosciuszko. It´s only a 13 km hike uphill but the view is unbeatable and where else can you have a snowball fight in the middle of the aussie summer ?

12 apostles & Melbourne botanic garden

Australian wildlife

Of all the animals down under i think the crimson rosella have become my favourite for their beautiful colours ! though they exist in a wide variation of colours the red one is my favourite ! The blue tongued lizard is a fella you don´t want to get too close to ! whereas the huntsman (spider ) is quite harmless unless you´re an insect ! but admitted, they can get quite big ! the size of a male hand ! had one riding with me in the van all the way from melbourne to sydney. Haven´t seen him since so assume he got tired of the company :-P

South Australia

After getting back from New Zealand I spent a few weeks around Mt. Gambier area. One evening i suddenly noticed the light outside having a very distinct orange hue ! Ran out and took a bunch of pictures of the sunset ! never seen anything like it before ! The blue lake is what Mt. Gmbier is famous for, the beach pictures were taken in nearby Robe. Thommo and i went hiking along the rim of an extinct volcano... beautiful view up there ! The last picture was a moon on the rise that had the most fantastic purple and orange colours but before i got the cam it had almost gone into blue and white colours but i think you get an idea of how beautiful it was anyway :-)

New Zealand

Went to New Zealand fo 2 days to break off my trip to Australia ( returning visa rules only allow me to stay 3 months at a time ) What a beautiful place ! Hope to return there next winter ! The pink lake is in South Australia though, as seen under final approach to Adelaide...