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.