The Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Sydney Opera House

View of the Harbour from the Taronga Zoo

Watching “BridgeClimb” participants

From the Pylon Lookout

From the Pylon Lookout

At “home,” Coogee Beach, where I used to live…

Coogee Beach

Vines at Brokenwood winery

Mount View Estate vineyard

Vines at Mount View Estate

Crystal Cascades watering hole, in the jungle north of Cairns

Koala at Taronga Zoo

Duck-billed platypus at Taronga

Koala at Cairns Tropical Zoo

Me and Buster

Emily and Buster

Our new adopted child

No flashes permitted in the maternity ward

They’re quite friendly when you have food…

…much less kicking!

A replica of the boat we were on, which was the “ScubaPro II”

View of the reef (and “bommies”) from the surface

About to hop in

Total Zen!

Blue damsels amongst the coral

Aptly named “Mushroom Coral,” more than 12 feet long…

Inverted viewing

“Giant” clam, albeit a smaller one.

It really was that bright blue…

Emily indicating our next path

An upside-down “upside-down jellyfish”

Juvenile anenomefish – not a true “Clownfish”

Example of a “True Clownfish” – Not an original photo

Porcupine anenomefish

Anenomefish (decent flash response in terms of color)

Anenomefish family

The mouth of the anenome

Early turtle encounter

Blue-spotted stingray

Lionfish

Juvenile lionfish

Blue-ringed octopus

Close encounter with a turtle – he hung around for about 20 minutes…

…before he decided he was hungry…

for a lunch of nearby coral algae.