Additional pix from the sailing trip

airlie harbor day1, originally uploaded by hooying.

sunset, originally uploaded by hooying.

captain crosswhite, originally uploaded by hooying.

sail4, originally uploaded by hooying.

sail2, originally uploaded by hooying.

sail1, originally uploaded by hooying.

PPP airport

ppp airport, originally uploaded by hooying.

This is the "waiting hall" of the Proserpine airport we flew in for the Whitsunday trip. Isn't it cute!

Whitsunday trip

coast birdview1, originally uploaded by hooying.

Whitsunday is the largest island among other 74 smaller islands. They are on the north east coast of Queensland and close to the famous Great Barrier Reef. This is the birdeye view of a typical Queensland coast.

Breakfast at Airlie Beach

breakfast day1, originally uploaded by hooying.

Some crew members

crew at night, originally uploaded by hooying.

crew2, originally uploaded by hooying.

crew3, originally uploaded by hooying.

Moonlight on the ocean

moonlight on the ocean, originally uploaded by hooying.

Whale

whale1, originally uploaded by hooying.

in the ocean... It's about 300 feet from our boat.

Snorkling

snorkling2, originally uploaded by hooying.

My snorkling skill in the ocean does not even come close to the professional looking of the outfit -- I almost had myself drowned!!! Nevertheless, I cannot wait to develop the film in my waterproof camera -- those are the ones I took my life risk to take!!!

snorkling1, originally uploaded by hooying.

reef 1, originally uploaded by hooying.

Canoeing on Noosa River (read pix bottom up)

greg on sand patch, originally uploaded by hooying.

I promised Greg an awesome picture for him, so here comes. He is right in the center of the picture!

This sand dome serves as a perfect land mark for our navigation. From a distance away it looks like a sand patch on the golf court. The bald area is due to the nurition layer being deeper than what most plants can reach. Wicked!

texture, originally uploaded by hooying.

fog on noosa river, originally uploaded by hooying.

The velverty layer of the fog in the early dawn is gorgeous!

greg blowing fire, originally uploaded by hooying.

Greg is our super blower regenerating the camp fire we made in a cooker!

deck at sunset, originally uploaded by hooying.

The mirroring Upper Noosa River and the jetty at our camp site. The unique nutrition layers below sands support rain forests on this island.

canoe on lake, originally uploaded by hooying.

This is what our gears look like.The dry barrels are the essential!

noosa start, originally uploaded by hooying.

We did a canoe trip on Noosa River. Here is the bay we headed out to the canoeing center on a water texi.

EAPSI GROUP PIX 07

EAPSI GROUP PIX 07, originally uploaded by hooying.

EAPSI Aussie fellows in Canberra!

Bus back to Brisbane

frisbee in parking lot, originally uploaded by hooying.

Boys picked up frisbee again in the parking lot in front of our bus terminal. We had to wait for a mid-night Grey Hound to get back to Brisbane. What a journey!

Ferry back

ferry back, originally uploaded by hooying.

Our lovely crew

group pix, originally uploaded by hooying.

Sunrise

sunrise 1, originally uploaded by hooying.

Really happy I made the sunrise. Really funny that the entire process for the sun to bud out from the sea level took only two seconds!

sunrise 2, originally uploaded by hooying.

Waming up...

Mummy out

mummy out, originally uploaded by hooying.

Apparently one of our fellows got dragged on his feet by dingoes at night ;)

Day 3

creek passage, originally uploaded by hooying.

This was the passage to the creek we visited.

lookout1, originally uploaded by hooying.

lookout cliff2, originally uploaded by hooying.

lookout cliff, originally uploaded by hooying.

The cliff is a red-rock hill entirely surrounded by the ocean. Simply beautiful!

wreck3, originally uploaded by hooying.

wreck2, originally uploaded by hooying.

wreck1, originally uploaded by hooying.

This wreck was on our way to the lookout cliff.

shrub, originally uploaded by hooying.

You'd imagine how strong these shrubs are.

frisbee on beach, originally uploaded by hooying.

dingo track 2, originally uploaded by hooying.

Apperently we were visited by dingoes in the early morning. Their foot tracks remained intact before high tide washed them away.

camping site, originally uploaded by hooying.

You can see our camping site in the lower right corner where the vans parked.

camping fire2, originally uploaded by hooying.

During the second night...

camping fire, originally uploaded by hooying.

Oops!

hmm, originally uploaded by hooying.

Saw this sign the next morning...

Day 2

day 2 - milkyway, originally uploaded by hooying.

Sooo many stars at night and the milky way was simply there!

day 2-night1, originally uploaded by hooying.

Starving flock

day 2-tent 1, originally uploaded by hooying.

Camping on the beach, how cool is that!

day 2-dingoes waning sign, originally uploaded by hooying.

We were told there were dingoes raoming on the island. They could become aggressive if we fed them. This warning sign is just about 200 feet from our camping ground the first night.

day 2-all at sea, originally uploaded by hooying.

Two of us on the right are from Brisbane, the fellow on the left is from Adelaid. We are all on the NSF EAPSI for Australia this year.