Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania - Part 2
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Feb-Apr 2009


Click on one of the images below to see a larger image.
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Albany
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Bagpiper at Albany
There was also a big stack of wood chips on the dock.  The next morning, I was on the deck of the ship and commented to the Australian standing beside me that the "piper was interesting".  He proceeded to tell me that "Piper is made from the wood chips they have stacked there..."
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Torndirrup National Park
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Torndirrup National Park
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Torndirrup National Park
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Torndirrup National Park
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Torndirrup National Park
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Whale World
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Whale World
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Whale World Tasmanian Devil - Looks like a small puppy dog...
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Whale World Tasmanian Devil
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Whale World Plant
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Whale World Plant
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Whale World
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"Dog Rock" in Albany
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Main street in Albany
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Sunrise in Adelaide
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Adelaide
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Sculpture in Rundle Mall in Adelaide
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Glenelg
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Glenelg
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Glenelg
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Glenelg
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Totally unmarked plane that made two passes over our ship while it was out to sea.  Creepy...
(Probably a pirate reconnaissance plane?  :-)  )
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Jellyfish in Melborne harbor
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Burnie Tasmania port
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Burnie Tasmania port
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Wild Cockatoo inTasmania
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Tasmania
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Tasmania
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Wing's Wildlife Park
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Wing's Wildlife Park
Tasmanian Devil - really cute.
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Wing's Wildlife Park
Tasmania Devil - really ferocious!
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Wing's Wildlife Park
Bone-crunching meal for Tasmanian Devils
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Wing's Wildlife Park
Eagle
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Wing's Wildlife Park
Eagle
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Wing's Wildlife Park
Ferret (Imported animal)
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Wing's Wildlife Park
Koala
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Wing's Wildlife Park
Friendly goat - begging...
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Wing's Wildlife Park
Black Swan
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Wing's Wildlife Park
Well fed Tasmanian Devils
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Wing's Wildlife Park
Kangaroo
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Wing's Wildlife Park
Tasmanian Devil skulls.  Note teeth...
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War memorial
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Penguin, Tasmania
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Hobart, Tasmania
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Hobart, Tasmania
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Hobart, Tasmania
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Hobart, Tasmania
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Hobart, Tasmania
The "Steve Irwin".  Tries to prevent whaling...
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Hobart, Tasmania
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Hobart, Tasmania
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Hobart, Tasmania
The "Steve Irwin".
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Hobart, Tasmania
Sand bars
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Tasmanian Devil crossing...
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Outside of Hobart Tasmania, Getting ready for 4-hour trip in a small boat.
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Fur Seals from small boat
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Fur Seals from small boat
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Fur Seals from small boat
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Fur Seals from small boat
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Fur Seals from small boat
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Fur Seals from small boat
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Fur Seals from small boat
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Fur Seals from small boat
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View from small boat
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Boat just like the one we were in.
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View from small boat
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View from small boat
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View from small boat
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View from small boat
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View from small boat
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View from small boat
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View from small boat
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Susan liked the small boat - especially the bone jarring crashes into the 8 foot troughs that were occurring before we entered calmer water.  Howard was not as thrilled...
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Happy...
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Company running the small boats.
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Tasman Bridge.  Some years ago, a ship hit the bridge and dropped a span.  People were killed.  The captain made himself rather unpopular when he said "I've hit bridges before and none of them fell down!"
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Sydney Wildlife World
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Sydney Wildlife World
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Sydney Wildlife World
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Sydney Wildlife World
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Sydney Wildlife World
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Sydney Wildlife World
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Sydney Wildlife World
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Sydney Wildlife World
Parrots
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Sydney Wildlife World
Cormorant
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Sydney Wildlife World
Parrots and big pigeon
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Sydney Wildlife World
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Sydney Wildlife World
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Sydney Wildlife World
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Sydney Wildlife World
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Sydney Wildlife World
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Sydney Wildlife World
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Sydney Wildlife World
Warning to aborigines.  They apparently have a problem when confronted with recordings of people who are dead.  (Probably makes it difficult to teach them history?  I wonder if they are willing to view a recording of Winston Churchill for example?)  I am always puzzled by such things...
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Sydney Wildlife World
Really green frogs!
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Sydney Wildlife World
Cassowary
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Sydney Wildlife World
Cassowary
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Sydney Wildlife World
Cassowarys are dangerous!
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Sydney Wildlife World
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Sydney Wildlife World
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Sydney Wildlife World
Kookaburra
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Sydney Wildlife World
Koalas
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Airport at Ayres Rock
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Ayres Rock
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Near Ayres Rock
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Ayres Rock Hotel Registration
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Kata Tjuta
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Kata Tjuta
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Kata Tjuta
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Ayres Rock.  Fly protection.  Lots of little flys wanting moisture supposedly.
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Early Morning at Ayres Rock
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Ayres Rock
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People climbing Ayres Rock.  Reflections from bus window.  Bus did not stop there...
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Ayres Rock
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Kata Tjuta
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Kata Tjuta Valley of the Winds Walk
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Kata Tjuta Valley of the Winds Walk
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Kata Tjuta Valley of the Winds Walk
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Kata Tjuta Valley of the Winds Walk
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Kata Tjuta Valley of the Winds Walk
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Kata Tjuta
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Near Kata Tjuta
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Ayres Rock
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Desert plants
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Wild Birds
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Weird plant near hotel
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Weird plant near hotel
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Weird plant near hotel
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Weird plant near hotel
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Desert plants
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Ayres rock
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Kata Tjuta
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Kata Tjuta Hike
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On Kata Tjuta trail
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On Kata Tjuta trail
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On Kata Tjuta trail
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On Kata Tjuta trail
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On Kata Tjuta trail
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On Kata Tjuta trail
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On Kata Tjuta trail
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On Kata Tjuta trail
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On Kata Tjuta trail
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On Kata Tjuta trail
Can you see the flies on me?
Took netting off for photo...
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On Kata Tjuta trail
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On Kata Tjuta trail
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On Kata Tjuta trail
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On Kata Tjuta trail
Place that was steep and rather dangerous in my opinion...
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Wild camel
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Wild camel
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Wild camel
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Kata Tjuta
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Sunset in the Outback
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On the road to Kings Canyon
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On the road to Kings Canyon
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On the road to Kings Canyon
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On the road to Kings Canyon
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On the road to Kings Canyon
Bus transfer facility (Kings Canyon versus Alice Springs.)  You're looking at the entire facility...  :-)
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On the road to Kings Canyon
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On the road to Kings Canyon
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On the road to Kings Canyon
I wondered if a "floodway" was the road you were supposed to take during a flood?  Finally figured out that it marks where the water crosses the road.  (Here in Arizona, we say "Dip - Do not cross when flooded")
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On the road to Kings Canyon
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On the road to Kings Canyon
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Kings Canyon Area
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Kings Canyon Area
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Kings Canyon Area
They say these plants were accidentally imported with the camels.  They say the fruit tastes like gasoline.
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Kings Canyon Area
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Kings Canyon Area
Back porch of our roon
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Kings Canyon Area
near sunset
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Kings Canyon Area
Moon
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Kings Canyon Area
Sunset
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Kings Canyon Area
Southern Cross and Alpha Centauri. The nearest star to the sun - 4.4 light-years away - That's just 5.8 trillion miles away...   (bright star near bottom of sky.)
Actually, Alpha Centauri and Proxima Centauri are a double-star system.  So Proxima is a tiny bit closer but not by much.  Proxima is much dimmer than Alpha.
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Kings Canyon Area
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Kings Canyon Area
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Kings Canyon Area
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Kings Canyon Area
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Kings Canyon Area
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Kings Canyon Area
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Kings Canyon Area
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In Kings Canyon
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In Kings Canyon
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In Kings Canyon
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In Kings Canyon
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In Kings Canyon
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Kings Canyon Area
Red-Tailed Cockatoos
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Kings Canyon Area
Red-Tailed Cockatoos
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Kings Canyon Area
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Its not a pine cone but it is something like one.
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The road to Alice Springs
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The road to Alice Springs
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The road to Alice Springs
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The road to Alice Springs
A "Road Train".  We have truckers songs in the US about "18 wheelers", trucks with 18 wheels.  To paraphrase Crocodile Dundee "Tha's not a truck, THIS is a truck."  This one only has 62 wheels!  Count-em!  Some have more!
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The road to Alice Springs
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The road to Alice Springs
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The road to Alice Springs
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In Alice Springs
Looks like a Manzanita tree but totally unrelated
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In Alice Springs
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In Alice Springs
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In Alice Springs
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In Alice Springs
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In Alice Springs
Main shopping area
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In Alice Springs
All internet and phone service went down!  They said it happened a year or two ago too...
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In Alice Springs
All internet and phone service went down!  They said it happened a year or two ago too...
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In Alice Springs
Main shopping area - looking the other way...
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In Alice Springs
Like Arizona, they have lots of bridges over dry river beds...
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The Todd River Bridge in Alice Springs - Rush Hour...


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