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Port Douglas, Queensland |
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Hmmm, can you work out why we turned down the north of England in order to come here in January? |
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Ok, you know how nice the water looks in the picture above? Well, there is one tiny little catch... |
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This is Bart. He lives at the croc farm down the road from the hotel. But his cousins live in the rivers around the resort!!! |
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One of the friendlier locals. But we still didn't get too close! |
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The hire car was a hoot. |
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Much friendlier locals. |
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These lads were BIG! |
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It was all too much for some... |
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Kangaroos are great, but have you seen the size of those claws? |
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See what I mean! |
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He's anyones for a free feed. |
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A great day out at "Blazing Saddles". First one horse power each, then lots of horse power!!!! |
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More traditional forms of entertainment. |
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The Great Barrier Reef |
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A quick "OK" signal to each other and then heads under to see what is below us. Guess what was the very first thing we saw?..... |
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Wearing our very sexy 'stinger suits' (to protect us from Box Jellyfish) and ready to go snorkelling on the reef. |
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A 6 foot White Tip Reef Shark!!!!!! He wasn't hanging around though, too many big blue things had just appeared in the water above him. We saw two more during the session. Cool! |
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This giant clam was over 1 metre long! |
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Our guide, a marine biologist called Erica, dives to pick up something for us to look at on the surface. |
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At about 1 metre long this fella is only half grown! |
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Sim takes a closer look. |
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As you can see it was hard, but we forced ourselves to stay for the whole week! |
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