AUSTRALIA 2012!!!
THANKS A LOT TO ALL FRIENDS DOWN UNDER!!!!
YOU MADE OUR
JOURNEY TO A PLEASURE! AGAIN!
LOVE YA!!!! HOPE TO SEE YA' SOON....
The
pictures are a mix of mine and Charlotte's.
Charlotte's pictures are "marked" Ac and number. It can be seen by
right-clicking.
At the airport in Singapore



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Sunrise over Australia

IN WOODSTOCK, NSW
On the train to Woodstock, on our
way to Pauline & Pete, Tapua kennels


Blaxland, on the way to Woodstock
A couple of the nice Tapua lab girls :)


Another creature, not so nice - in
the shower - a whitetail spider. Brrrr...

The garden

Puppy pen

Three of the girls. To the right:
"excercise" pen for pups :)



Training area

Yummie!!

Visiting Cowra War Memorial Centre.
Beautiful place, but not as nice story behind it...







Somewhere on the way...


Walking in Woodstock






A dead baby brownsnake...


Yes, Newhamns lane!



!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hotel and bar




After work! Thanks for the drinks
:)


With Pauline & Pete,
by Wyangala dam






Resting in the shade. Kangaroos are
good swimmers!


Tapua Heeni Te Anna riding
in the back. She is tied to a short chain, so she can't fall over. She enjoyed
it :)

On the raceway in ???? with Pauline
:)

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At Lee-Annes, Suthenskys kennels - Brisbane, QLD
This is "Lani" - out of
coat ;-)

Beautiful girl!

"Warren"


"Jasper" - a nice and
handsome boy


"Phoenix" - sooooo
look-a-like mum "Tammy"!!!!!!

Litte "Saxon" :)

So cute!

At a show -
Queensland Puppy of the Year

Lee-Anne's "Lani"
was qualified :)




In the neighbourhood of Lee-Anne's

A Jakaranda tree

:)

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At Mandy's and Bill's, Callicoma kennels - Grafton, NSW

!!!!

On the driveway for a walk. The
kelpie-girls are Capella & Whist.


We live here too :)


And we also - the cute donkeys :)

And I.... This is a huntsman - not
dangerous, but BIG!

Helloooo!!! Four of the Callicoma
kelpies in their big yard


The cookaburra - waiting for a
piece of meat




Indigo

Sweet "Wattle" - Tacker's
mum! One of my favourites <3



Callicoma Liqourice. Nice and
handsome :)

Callicoma the Prince....?!

All the Jakaranda trees were in
bloom and Grafton had the Jakaranda Festival when we were there :)

A Jakaranda flower close up -
beautiful!

Having classes
in obedience with nice people and dogs!

A spectator ;-)



On the way to Yamba beach with Mandy
An Eastern Grey Kangaroo

Eagle nest

Swamp


A LOT of Flying Foxes!!!!


At the ferry - going over Grafton
River

At the beautiful
Yamba beach!
Actually it is
Grafton River meeting the ocean here. Warm, salty & nice!!! Loved it!!!



Pictures, pictures.....




Mangrove seads


A blubber :)

Got ya!!


Low tide


An Illawarra flame tree






In the kitchen, with hungry dogs
;-)

Tracking with Whist

Good girl!!!

Another track


"Pepper"

"Marj"

Capella

"Trick"

Gordon, the Asian House Gecko :)

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On the flight to Cairns
An Island and the Great Barrier Reef

In Kuranda, visiting the Zoo and the Market
In Kuranda we also met "Fitzroy", "Tacker's" brother, and his owner Stephen.
Nice to meet you both!!!! Thanks for coming!












A Red bellied black snake
- urrrkkkk....








At Jan Bradley's place in Kuranda, Far North QLD
On the way up to Kuranda - lookout
towards Cairns

Jan's backyard

Jan's house

Jan gave me a real fright.... A
plastic snake! NASTY WOMAN!!!!!!!!! Not nice, but she did not know HOW scared I
am. Now she knows.......

A pic from Jan's front



.........

A birds nest

Jan's lovely, old "Barron"

Hi there!

Mmmmmm.... Bloody Mary's

Fitzroy Island
On the way to Fitzroy Island

In the rainforest at Fitzroy Island

Hmmmm...






The beach at Fitzroy








Soon back in Cairns - mangrove
swamps - beautiful but dangerous...

On the way to
Jan Shaw in Millaa-Millaa, Mountainmist kennels




A stop by Lake Barrine







Our resort in Millaa-Millaa,
Riversong Retreat







Down by the river, looking for
platypus's!!! We did not see any...



On the way back from the river

On tour with Jan, Nitro & Maggie
"Maggie" &
"Nitro"

"Nitro" - AUSTCH Lorroy
On the Run - interesting game!!!






Millaa-Millaa falls

Zillie falls

A nice visit too

Views from a look-out in Misty
Mountains



!!!

At Jan's in Millaa-Millaa

Nitro, Rosie & Bobby?

Got it! Nitro I think?
Here is the reason why we stayed at
Riversong Retreat instead of Jan's.... This girl came in one week after we left.
Came in the morning and left for dinner - yeah, great.... Not the first visitor
there ;-)

Pic's from Jan's lovely garden!
















Dogs is one of Jan's hobbies,
gardening the other!!

Very nice kennels for the dogs!
They get a walk each morning and afternoon. And also help Jan with the gardening
during the days ;-)


"Meg", not sharp, but
sweet :)

"Raven"

Sweet, old "Maggie"

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After one day back in Kuranda - next stop was Darwin
On the way to Lake Alexander &
The Mangrove Boardwalk




Lake Alexander - fresh water and no
crocs...


Beside/under the Mangrove Boardwalk. No salties (
crocs ) in sight - thanks ;-)







Sweet :)

Lake Alexander. Swim or not swim?
It's only over the road for the crocs....









On the way out to Kakadu N.P.




A big termite mould






The land that is all flooded in the
wet season - not sharp - photo from the bus.

South Alligator River


Norlangie Rock - where Crocodile
Dundee was recorded


Aboriginal paintings









On the boat at Yellow Waters

Hungry?!







A big saltie...


Hmmmm.... Small boat - big crocs....

A King Fisher


Drying the wings









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Well, my bed at Royal Darwin
Hospital....
I was sick and dried out in a few hours - from the wok the night before? - the
day we should leave Darwin for Sydney and the flight home the day after. So I
stayed here for 5 days. Charlotte had to got home. Not so funny end of the
journey...
Thanks to SOS International - they re-booked the flights back home for me
without any trouble :)

Royal Darwin Hospital.
Many Australian men let their moustaches grow in November - for "supporting"
men that have prostata cancer.

MORE WILL COME! Waiting for more pictures from Charlotte.