Photo highlights of this year's 2014 trip.
Maccas at Wallan for Brekky.
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The 'child bride' at Wunghnu.
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Marg reading her iPad.
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Lakeside CP, Finley - site 34 and others.
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The mighty Navara amongst the BIG Boys.
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Nice Trike.
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'Bugger all' traffic.
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Lunch time.
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Marg at the Peak Hill 'RSL'.
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Lunchtime at Yarraman RA.
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Gwydir Carapark - The Thermal Pools.
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A 'thorn' among the roses.
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Top of Cunningham's Gap - a drop or two of rain..
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Stardust Circus - our neighbours
at Broadwater Tourist Park..
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Our setup.
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A view across the Broadwater.
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Our new vinyl wall end.
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My view while sitting out the front having a chilled refresher or two.
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Can we fit some more up here.
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He is welcoming me back to Southport.
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That's hysterical. hehehehehe.
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One of our views - it looks nice when the suns out.
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Superyacht Encore at the Marina Mirage.
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Zooming closer.
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Zoomed right in.
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Liz's Funeral - We drove Lukey's car and were first there.
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Marg read a prayer.
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Taking Liz to her final resting place.
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Liz wanted colour
and she got it.
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Looking towards Labrador, Southport and Surfers.
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A flock of Georges.
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Taken just south of our Caravan Park.
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Surfers - Looking North.
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The real old fart, Dad.
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Surfers viewed from the end of The Spit.
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Looking to the shore from the end of The Spit.
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My view while having coffee at Cafe Rockpool.
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The Red Dog Triathlon group, with a ring in at the back. .
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The Narrows looking towards Surfers.
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The Narrows looking towards The Spit.
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The Narrows looking straight out to sea.
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Ian and his mates are very jealous of Georges' attention.
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Views from the shared path heading towards Surfers.
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The countdown clock until the start of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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At Cavill Mall in Surfers.
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At our club - CSi Southport - My Mixed Grill and Marg's garlic prawns.
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Uni the Unicorn is Mont's sleeping bag.
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Marg is showing great interest.
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On our way to Brissy International Airport.
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Mont walking around the CP.
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Michelle Tapper, Happy Winner, Cash Cow and cameraman.
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Hervey Bay - The view from the front of our fiver.
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The entrance to our Caravan Park.
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A great photo of George catching a fish.
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Hervey Bay Boat Club.
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Hervey Bay marina.
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This is what Marg does, while I ride. - Site 12.
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Hervey Bay sunrise.
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Scarness Beachfront CP.
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Agnes Water - The beach out the front of our park.
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1770 - Marg - admiring Mother Nature at its best.
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Round Hill Head.
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Tannum Sands CP - I did tickled this one.
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Marlborough - Morning mist.
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The rain didn't catch us.
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Marlborough Van Park - Our site - We were told to take up a couple of sites.
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Mackay - Lamberts Lookout looking South.
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Mackay marina.
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Big4 Adventure Whitsunday - The resident ducks came to say "hi".
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The Mighty Ducks of the Mist this morning.
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Airlie Beach -
Big4 Adventure Whitsubday - Our site 77 in the morning mist.
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Whitehaven Beach - A beautiful place.
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Lenny at Marg's foot, while she was eating lunch.
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Lenny is so photogenic.
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Our 'Speedboat' at rest. It was lunchtime.
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Dave the old salt and me.
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Abel Point marina in Airlie Beach.
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Bridge works on Burdekin River Bridge.
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The Sugar Shaker aka The Holiday Inn.
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Townsville - 8:05am Peak hour traffic - I can live with that.
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I managed a few hundred meters around the track.
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I didn't see any 'Snapping Lizards'. Thank god.
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My coffee shop in Douglas.
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Townsville - Our Park entrance.
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Our site in the middle. Nice view of Mt Stuart.
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Ross River
Townsville - No wind. Is this photo upside down?
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The view from Juliette's Gelateria. (That's Maggy Island on the left)
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Marg with all her friends.
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Townsville's BIG snake. It was pretty harmless.
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The view while I had my coffee at Mocha Mecca.
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My trusted treadley at Townsville marina.
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The Maggie Island ferry approaching the Townsville wharf at 8:15am.
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Reef HQ.
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Even Marg is doing it for the team. She is trying to be relaxed.
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Wallaman Falls - We had to slow to a near halt, before these guys parted.
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Wallaman falls - The 268 meter waterfall.
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Kitty and Marg.
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Can you see our site? It is there.
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Does this help? It's a bit closer.
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I see us. Marg has scared another lot of neighbours away.
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Townsville - Can you see my riding route, it's there, just look harder.
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There's the V8 track.
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The Hornets are still 'playing' at Townsville.
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The Hornets are still 'playing' at Townsville.
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Our rig at Cape River Rest Area.
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Hangin' with the real big boys.
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This guy passed us twice on the Gregory Dev Rd.
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Gregory Development Rd.
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Rubyvale - Marg looking for sapphires at Willys Wash.
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Rubyvale - Gunter the owner of Muggachinnos in action.
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Rubyvale - Our strudels and my coffee.
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Sapphire - Our site 49 - Blue Gems CP.
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Marlborough Chrysoprase - Left - 1,190gm - Right - 759gm.
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Sapphire - Willy Wash - Some of the better gems from 3 buckets.
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Sapphire - Willy Wash - The remainder of our 3 buckets.
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This is Glen's (on the right) Willys Wash. Marg in the middle. It was cold this morning.
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This is the end result of Marg's skin polishing course at the Gemfields Lapidary Club.
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Bogantungan - Beautiful scenery.
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Jericho.
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Main street of Jericho.
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Our site at Blackall CP.
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Rest Area just north of Tambo.
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Not much traffic.
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Morning tea at Augathella.
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More lovely scenery
between Charleville and Quilpie.
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Welcome to Quilpie.
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St Finbar's Catholic Church - Boulder Opal everywhere.
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The Altar encrusted in Boulder Opals.
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Beautiful scenery
on the way Pinkilla Station..
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Taken from the top of the mullock heap.
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Site 25 is on the left - Channel Country CP.
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Quilpie is in the middle - taken from the top of Baldy Top Lookout.
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Table Top Hill - Beautiful scenery.
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Baldy Top Lookout
looking towards Toompine.
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Baldy Top Lookout is steeper than it looks.
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Eddy came over to say "Hi".
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George also came over to say "Hi".
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George meets Eddy, a very rare event.
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Sunrise at CP.
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Dave the postie in action.
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Alaric Station War Vets retreat.
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Alaric Station War Vets retreat.
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Seated Tony (War Vet), Allan (Manager) and Marg.
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Mail Run Scenery.
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Our Crew.
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The locals came to see us.
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Us and Milly.
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Mail Run Scenery.
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Thylungra Station.
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Our last rest stop and afternoon drinks.
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Free Powered sites.
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There we are.
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Eddy was just walking past, about 50 meters away.
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The Toompine Pub with camping area.
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On our way to Sheep Station creek.
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Are we there yet?
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Marg the Gatekeeper.
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Entering Sheep Station creek fossicking area.
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Yowah - View from The Bluff.
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Opal that we found at Sheep Station Creek.
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Opal that we found at Yowah.
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I did that with just a pick. Shit, I'm good.
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Artesian Waters CP, Yowah
- That's our dish.
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One of Peter's
claims.
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Peter's claim.
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Colin and Georgina's Underground opal mine.
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An Opal seam in the middle.
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Cunnamulla Shops.
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Lake Coolmunda CP.
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Our break at the Cunningham Rest Area.
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Just your typical sunny morning.
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Georges were there to welcome me.
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At Point Cartwright looking towards Caloundra.
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My trusty treadley at the mouth of the Mooloolah river.
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Our camp (site 40) at Dicky Beach.
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Coffee at Coco'c Beach cafe.
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Looking South from the Mt Beerburrum Fire tower.
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Looking West from the Mt Beerburrum Fire tower.
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Looking North from the Mt Beerburrum Fire tower.
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Looking East from the Mt Beerburrum Fire tower.
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The path leading from the Fire Tower.
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The path is very steep.
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Steep Walk - they didn't bloody lie.
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Calboorture Gem show.
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A typical morning at Dicky Beach.
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Our little shopping strip at Dicky Beach.
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On my ride today, the surfers were at Point Cartwright.
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Yes, it did rain today.
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This surprised me. Check its belly.
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This surprised me. Check its belly.
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The 'new' Marg (haircut).
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This surfer was riding the point break at the Lighthouse.
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I met Bluey today.
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The artist.
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The magnificent view of the Glasshouse Mountains from Mary Cairncross Cafe.
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Point Cartwright - The birdman in action.
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Val and Bob at Currimundi Lake.
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I was stopped by an 'Attack Lizard'.
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Dicky Beach - How nice is the view. Bloody nice.
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I am thinking of buying this suit. Maybe not.
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Dicky Beach is very nice.
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Section of Strawberry Fields.
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Where are Bob and Marg going? Maybe to the Cafe.
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They finish at midday.
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Strawberries everywhere.
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The new Gold Coast tram.
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The new shared path over the Nerang river.
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Tandem parasailing.
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I spotted the Google Maps vehicle just near our caravan park.
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Channel 7 videoing the Jet pack man - 1800jetpack.com
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The Jet pack man.
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The swell is still large, due to the breeze.
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Very cloudy today.
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The 112ft Sassafras.
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Today's weather photo - looking towards Surfers.
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The beach at Surfers.
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At Surfers looking North.
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Some of Surfers' highrises.
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The countdown clock to the 2018 Commonwealth games.
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The view at The Narrows looking towards Surfers.
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My view while relaxing at the end of The Spit.
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The heliport at the Marina.
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Superduck driving along The Esplanade, Surfers.
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The pod of dolphins off The Spit.
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The Ospreys are back on their nest. Great to see.
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Some of the ONE million soldier crabs that we counted.
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Our camp is on the left. Not too far to walk to the beach.
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Our fiver with David and Di's in the background. |
Our twin - David and Di's fiver.
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We are in the background.
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Our view of the
Pan Pacs.
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Me at Cafe Rockpool.
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The greatest swimmer ever - Michael Phelps lane 6.
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Men's 100m Freestyle - Heat 5 results.
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The Qld premier's motorcade passing Australia Fair in Southport.
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Mont and Grandma waiting for the tram.
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Here comes our tram.
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Our carpark was chockers. Ok, we were the only one.
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Mont gave Grandma a leaf.
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This dude just cruised past our site.
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Action at Jump on it.
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Mont and her 2 girlfriends.
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Kids being kids.
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Shit, this place is hard to take.
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The Griffith Uni whale counting members.
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Georges waiting for lunch at Charis Seafoods.
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A feeding frenzy.
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Check out David and Di's new awning walls and porch, they are great.
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Our Family - Bec, Jay, Luke and Jodi.
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Stefan's little fishing boat at Southport YC.
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Stefan's little fishing boat at Southport YC.
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David and Di
heading homewards.
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Today was the 1st time that I saw the Seaworld Monorail this trip.
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A rain squall hit me as I was riding over the Nerang River bridge.
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A rain squall hit me as I was riding over the Nerang River bridge.
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Georges relaxing after having lunch at Charis Seafoods, Labrador.
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Even 'great cyclists like me' need food.
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The Gold Coast Aquatic Centre is back to normal.
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A nice ride.
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The Grass tuskfish was over 70cms long. It was huge.
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The cops were being taught Beach driving in their Quads.
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The cops were being taught Beach driving in their Quads.
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The cops were being taught Beach driving in their Quads.
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GC V8 Supercars - Grandstand at The Narrows is coming along.
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Mum and Dad osprey, I haven't seen any babies yet.
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At Surfers, it is the Kids Week Marquee.
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The Esplanade at Surfers is setting up for Kids Week.
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Big Brother's throne.
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It is all happening. There will be kids everywhere soon.
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A pod of dolphins about 100 meters of The Spit.
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Lazza?? Nope. It is Travis who I met today.
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That maybe the baby osprey in the nest.
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The miniature ponies next door at the Webers Circus.
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At Surfers - This grandstand is nearing completion.
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It looked threatening but blew over without raining.
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BP Goondiwindi - The mighty Navara hanging out with the 'Big Boys'.
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Gwydir CP - site 2 - The park is slowly filling up.
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Caltex Gilgandra - We knew one of the Lindsay Brothers.
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Site 20 at Leighton's Peak Hill CP.
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The first train that actually stopped us on this whole trip.
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Bundaburrah Rest Area.
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Caltex Narrandera - The mighty Navara is always trying to play with the Big Boys.
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The END.
Until 2015's trip back to Queensland.
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