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Beach Sunset

Went down to the beach a few nights ago to shoot some sunset shots. This is one of my favorites from the night.

The View from the Beach

Karioitahi Beach is just a few miles from our house. We go down there whenever we get the chance.

This little guy wandered up on the beach the first time we were there. One of the surfers said he had never seen them on the beach in the 6 years he's been surfing here. He wasn't afraid of us as long as we didn't get too close. I managed to work my way in as close as about 6 feet before he started barking at me.

Welcome to New Zealand

As things didn't work out in Australia, we are now in New Zealand. First impressions: I think I'm glad it didn't work out in Australia.....it's much prettier here and the people are a lot friendlier. Not that anyone was rude or unfriendly in Australia, but things seem a lot better here. So, what does it look like here? Check it out.

Why is Auckland called the City of Sails? Because almost everyone owns or has access to a boat.

More to come....

Olympic Gold Medalist.....

Stephanie Rice.....3 Gold medals that is. Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice and Eamon Sullivan made an appearance in Melbourne. As you can see in the display picture behind Stephanie, they were promoting underwear. It sounds a little too odd to be true, but it is.....we have Stephanie and Eamon's autograph on an underwear ad.

Great Ocean Road Adventure Continued

After London Bridge, we headed on to Warnambool to finish out the day doing a little whale watching. Southern Right Whales spend the winter just off the coast of Warnambool and it is easy to see them from the nice viewing platform right on the beach.

Day 3
Back to the Rainforest....

We've started to make our way home now, but have to make a few stops along the way. Since we were so close, these were too good to just pass by. To get to these waterfalls required a bit of a hike, but was worth it.

Beauchamp Falls
The viewing platform is so close you can feel the power of the water coming over the falls. It was also so close that I couldn't get the entire shot in one frame. I had to shoot it as a vertical panoramic and stitch together about 5 images.

Along the path down to Beauchamp Falls

Hopetoun Falls

Day 4
Otway Fly & Treetop Walk

After a short walk down a winding pathway into the forest, you enter onto a walkway that takes you out above the ground and up into the trees where you are some 80+ feet above the ground. Half way through the walk you can climb up the Otway Fly, a spiral staircase that takes you up even higher, to about 155 feet above the ground.

The view from above...

And to finish out Day 4.....
Triplet Falls

Again, we were so close this is another 5 images stitched together to get the entire scene.

That is the end of the Great Ocean Road adventure, except for the long drive home in the dark. There are a lot more images I haven't shown, but may add later on.

The Great Ocean Road Adventure

I call it an adventure because what was originally planned as a day trip turned into a 4 day trip. Obviously, if it was planned as a day trip, then there weren't very many extras packed for the trip. That's part of what made it an adventure. The other part is all the places we ended up that we didn't think we would see.

You might think that this is the official starting point of the Great Ocean Road, but it isn't. It actually begins a number of miles back down the road. It was a slow day for traffic, so I stood in the middle of the road to get this shot.