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Detailed travelogue on Australia and New Zealand
Detailed Travelogue on Australia and New Zealand
Larry2006-05-27 03:23:16
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was an option for
an additional cost, but truthfully, it wasn't needed. Quicksilver has a
great location -- their swimming area is right above a tall reef that's at
most, only 10 feet below you. The sun was out, and everything looked so
clear. With the beautiful coral, the sea life, and all the fish swimming
around you, I easily went through the 24 shots on the underwater camera I
brought with me -- then went and bought two more on board the boat.
Included in the price of the tour was a very good buffet-style lunch, but
almost all of my time was spent in the water. I was very conscious not to
get sunburned. I wore a hat, t-shirt, and put some good waterproof suntan
lotion on. It worked, and I managed to spend most of the day in the water
without getting burned.
On the way back, I sat next to an older retired Japanese man and his wife
from the town of Kunitachi (did he know Hime-chan? <--inside joke), who was
a retired hydro-electric power engineer. The boat held a lot of passengers,
and included groups of French, Japanese, German, Chinese, American, and
Australian toursists, among, I'm sure, many others. I truthfully don't know
how good or bad the other tour operators are to the reef, but I was more
than pleased with Quicksilver. They were professional, and had a great reef
location. Perfect weather, perfect conditions, and some beautiful reef made
for an excellent day of snorkling with the fishies.
BRISBANE
After Cairns, I flew into Brisbane to meet a fellow computer-hobbyiest
that shares the same passion for an old 1980s computer that I do. I've had
a Radio Shack Color Computer in one incarnation or another since 1981, when
I was in nineth grade. Even today, though I finally bought my first "real"
computer over the summer (a 120Mhz Pentium Toshiba laptop), the laptop goes
largely
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See photographs from:
Australia Gallery
,
New Zealand Gallery
