Melbourne Australian Open Tennis 21 Jan 2024
We got walk straight in access to Kia arena to see a legends doubles match between Baghdatis/Phillipousis v Haas/Stepanek. We got awesome seats one row back from the baseline. Impressions of Melbourne: It has a great foodie scene, and probably cultural scene too. The sporting events are clearly excellent. But […]
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Melbourne AO 19 Jan 2024
The Williams travelled to Melbourne for the Australian Open and other experiences. First impression on arrival is that it is freezing at 14 degrees, feels like 10, this afternoon 33 degrees and high humidity for the last few weeks in Queensland. Great jobh Williams, after enjoying our coffee at Pelligrinis […]
Continue ReadingDive – Coral Health Survey Dive – Mudjimba Island 17 December 2023
Frev went on the inaugural Sunreef ‘Survey Dive’ on 17th December 2023 just off Mudjimba Island. The weather was very hot and humid and a light NE breeze was blowing with a small short period swell. The max depth we got to was around 8m, so Kev was able to […]
Continue ReadingBirds of Bokarina
Some of the beautiful birds spotted in the Wetland at Bokarina, including this gorgeous Black Shouldered Kite that I have never seen before.
Continue ReadingDive – Nurse Rock 12 Aug 2023
This was our first dive at the newly named Nurse Rock, I think it’s also known as Wolf Rock. I was very surprised at how busy the boat was. We had two drops, the first was a bit of a schmozzle where we didn’t even see any sharks, but the […]
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July Dive on ex-HMAS Brisbane
22 July 2023 So Frev are getting to the point where they need to go diving every so often, just to feed the addiction. They were so cold on their previous dive on the Brissie, so had purchased hoodies afterwards, so this was the test to see if they worked, […]
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Snorkeling Chalkies Beach and Plum Pudding Island, diving Bait Reef – Whitsundays – pics
We visited Chalkies Beach on our first full day, on a catamaran which also took us to Whitehaven Beach. Plum Pudding Island is a small island between the northern ends of Hamilton and Dent Islands with a small and vibrant reef surrounding it. A highlight here was the beautiful Phyllidiid […]
Continue ReadingFossils – Paleodictyon on Bruny Island
As I wrote briefly about in my Bruny Island entry, we observed fossils on our last day of walking on the Cape Queen Elizabeth track. Having looked into this more closely, I believe these are paleodictyon fossils. See the wikipedia entry here, and the pbs youtube video about them here. […]
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Bruny Island walking tour – 9 to 14 May 2023
Frev were joined by close friends for a walking trip with Parktreks to Bruny Island, a trip that always seemed to be in the distant future, but now was suddenly upon us. The four of us travelled to Brisbane Airport together from the Sunshine Coast to catch our earlyish flight […]
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