Sunday, May 24, 2009

More Tasmania Pictures - Cradle Mountain Adventure







Fabulous views at Cradle Mountain









Yes, this was quite an attractive ansmbo that I was wearing for my hike!












Road to nowhere: Even though it is a huge, national park, Cradle mountain has the very well maintained walking pathes (at least until you climb to the top of the summit!



Triumph at Cradle Mountain




Echidna's great escape: he was determined to get to the other side of that road, no matter what! We stopped the car to get him off the road, and as soon as we put him down, he slide down the embankment, and back onto the road!







Our little cabin in the woods






At the pub after a long day's hike




Painted Village - Painted village - and yes, that man does have a pet Alpaca. we stopped here on our way to Cradle mountain for some lunch.





The village runs a contest, and the winners get to paint murals on the sides of the buildings






Launceston











Sunday, May 10, 2009

Samantha and Renee's BIG Birthday Scuba Trip!

Here is our brand new, 2.5 million dollar boat! Now, let's see how we are going to cram 30 people on it!!



Bathing Beauties



How many people can you cram into a hot tub anyway?







and how many people can you cram into a cabin





Let's go dive!






Birthday Night dive.....wwwwwoooooo.....spooky......











Whitest sand beach in the world - or maybe 2nd
It doesn't look quite as magnificant because the sun isn't shining....but, still an amazing beach!












Whitsunday's Sunset






Let's go jet skiing!!