Super Sydney

The Opera House at night.

At the opera house.

View from Mrs Macquarie's Point at night.

The city at night.

Dinner at the Waterfront, Sydney Harbour.

The harbour at dusk.

Inside the bridge.

At the centre on the very top by Blinky Bill (the flashy light that stops planes crashing into the bridge!)

The intrepid Bridge Climbers.

City view on the Bridge Climb.

Ben and Chris on the Bridge Climb,
August 2006.

Climbers on the East arch of the bridge.

Ready for climbing: the Sydney Harbour Bridge!

Woohoo! Finished!

Ben very excited about his massive meal!
Yes, that's just his!

More eating! Robert, Kirsten, Chris, Ben, Rich and Karen about to eat their own body weight in meat at Ribs n Rumps, Manly, Sydney!

Ben enjoying his chilli topped pie.

The World Famous Harry's Cafe de Wheels Pie Shop,
Woolloomooloo, Sydney.


Golf pros Ben and Chris

Bondi Beach.

Chris excited on Bondi Beach, Rich not amused!

Chris being a tree hugger! A Boab tree hugger!
Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Mid August 2006.

Botanic Gardens resident: Fruitbat!!

View of the Opera House and the Bridge from the Botanic Gardens.

Cableway returning to the top.

More view! (Three Sisters on the left)

Amazing view from the Cableway of the railway and the rainforest.

Cableway back up to the top.

Beautiful waterfall in the rainforest.

See, I told you it was steep!

The world's steepest railway - Watch your kids!!
Blue Mountains, Mid August 2006.

Chris and Ben posing at Echo Point.

The Three Sisters, Echo Point, The Blue Mountains.

Much silliness: an Aussie Rules Football game at the SCG!
August 2006.


Ben and Chris being silly in front of famous landmark!

Kirsten, Rich, Chris and Ben landmark spotting in Sydney Harbour.

The Mug Shot Gallery, part of the photography exhibition at the Police and Justice Museum,
Sydney, August 2006.


Rather scary looking (but non-people eating) Nurse Shark.

Blue tang pretty fishy!

Sea horse.


Playful sealion, Sydney Aquarium.

Puffer fish, Sydney Aquarium, August 2006.

Beautiful Darling Harbour (Not normally this full but the Boat Show was on!)

Another famous landmark: Sydney Opera House.

The familiar 'Coat Hanger', Sydney Harbour Bridge,
August 2006.

Gold Coast, Croc Hunter & Hippies

Yes, love one another, blah, blah!

Hippie Hash Museum, umm... peace man?!

The Hippie Haven of Nimbin,
Near Byron Bay, July 2006.

Good hair day at Byron Bay!

Byron Bay, End July 2006.

End of a long day!

It's been a long day - he did stand up apparently - just didn't capture it on film, hmmm??!!

Riding the waves, woohoo! Hang ten and all that!
Waiting to catch a good one!

Ben heads off for the waves at Surf School!

Arty surfboard shot, Surfers Paradise, July 2006.

Back in Surfers.

View from the highest treehouse platform 30m up!

O'Reilly's Treetop Walkway, Green Mountains section of Lamington NP,
July 2006.

Admiring the view on the way to O'Reilly's!

The Coomera Valley from the Caves walk circuit,
Lamington NP.

Big find! Our first wild echidna snuffling round for ants!

Native wildlfe, a big, handsome male swamp wallaby!

The view from our cabin back towards Surfers and the coast.

Our fantastic safari-style canvas cabin,
Binna Burra, Laminton NP, July 2006.

Fabulous view of the Numinbah valley on the Bellbird Lookout walk,
Lamington NP.

Lamington National Park.

The aptly named Rainforest walk, Lamington National Park.
July 2006.

En route to Lamington National Park.

Chris's favourite! A genuine 18th Century Vampire killing kit!
Cool!

Ben and some fat guy!
Shrunken heads from Ecuador!
Tough job being a missionary, huh?!!

Ben sizing up Robert Wadlow, the tallest man who ever lived at 8 feet 11 inches!
Believe it not?!!

The Incredible, Impossible, Fantastical Freak Show that is:
Robert Ripley's Believe It or Not Odditorium!!!
Surfers Paradise, July 2006.

Awesome cloud formations on our return to shore.

Big ol' tail slap!

Humpback whale watching, Surfers.

It's so shiny! Doing it's best impression of Miami!
Surfers Paradise.

Glitziest place on the Gold Coast: Surfers Paradise.
July 2006.

'I think I'm gonna fall over!'
Chris a little bit wonky on the spinny tunnel,
Sciencentre, Brisbane.

Ben's head on a plate!
The crazy world of science and illusion!
Sciencentre, Brisbane, July 2006.

The Crocodile Feeding Show! Ooooh!

Fabulous tiger making a bid for freedom!

Dingo sizing us up for his next meal!
Only joking, they're very placid. All that baby stuff was just bad press!

Everyone say 'aahhh'! Baby koala,

Australia Zoo, July 2006.

Nice cute little otters posing for a fish supper!

And this is what happens if you don't listen!

Very important: Do not feed yourselves to the crocodiles!
It ruins the show!

Massive great crocs at Australia Zoo.
(Steve Irwin is poised just out of shot about to leap upon them and ruin their sunbathing! Honest!)

The Crocodile Hunter! Ben Irwin!!
Australia Zoo, Beerwah, July 2006.

Pretty Southbank, Brisbane.

BrisVegas as the (deluded) locals like to call Brisbane!
Mid July 2006.