Our Trip to Australia -- 2004

We probably brought back about a hundred pictures. Alex made a nice PowerPoint slide show of about 76 -- it's about 47 megabytes, and available on disc for those who are interested.

You can see a sampling of the pictures by clicking on the links below. There are also larger versions of these images. They're all copyright 2004 Alex Ashleigh and/or Scott McKee

Sydney

Most of our pictures of Sydney are of tourist landmarks available on postcards, but here are a few tokens:

• Sydney skyline
• Opera House
• Sundial at the Botanic Gardens.

At the Featherdale Wildlife Park

• Kookaburras
• Alex with a Kookaburra
• Feeding the kangaroo
• Classic koala
• Alex and koala
• Our first wombat encounter

Thredbo

Some pictures also appear in the account of our daring Assault on Mt. Kosciuszko.

• A link to the Thredbo web site
• A view of the resort complex
• Lake Catapatoomba
• Land of the Eternal, though not exactly Ubiquitous, Snow
• The rocky summit of Mt. Kosciuszko. Compare with the picture of the Sydney Opera House, above.
• Alex at the summit
• Scott at the summit
• The view from the top
• Wombats of wood
• Chair lift riders. Different sports for different sorts.

Tasmania

At the Lemonthyme Lodge

Our first stop in Tasmania was a delightful lodge near Cradle Mountain National Park. I can never resist taking pictures of the places we stay.

• From the entrance of our cabin
• The layout, from near the bed.
• The bathroom
• The room, from the balcony
• Bridal Veil Falls, from one of our hikes.
• Alex behind Bridal Veil Falls

Cradle Mountain National Park

• A currawong drops by for lunch
• The currawong accepts a bite
• Near the end of our hike, we saw a wombat emerging from his burrow.
• Or, as it turned out, from someone else's burrow.
• Wombat victory parade.

Hobart

We stayed in Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, twice, once before and once after our kayak trip. So -- pictures of two rooms!

• The lobby on our floor at the Chancellor.
• Our first room in Hobart
• The street below
• I always take pictures of buildings with municipal themes, to send back to the folks at my old office. Note the laundry hanging on the roof.
• Our second room, with a view of the harbor.
• View of said harbor.

Kayaking on the Freycinet Peninsula

• Cook's Bay, our forest camp
• Bryan's Beach
• Alex with our guide, Tim, at Bryan's Beach
• Another view of Bryan's beach
• Wineglass Bay
• Our local wallaby.
• Our sturdy kayaks on the beach at Cook's Bay
• Our companion Laura and our other guide, Bryant
• Sunset at Cook's Bay