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Thumbs from the 1991 Australia Trip (click to enlarge). These are video captures so the resolution is not as good as film..

Loris and Mavis in Darwin at the start of the trip.

John in Darwin at the start of the trip.

Leader Jean Wheeler describes the route to Kakadu National Park.

The group checks out the termite mounds on the way to Kakadu

A tree full of cockatoos.

The sign announces the South Alligator River (not an alligator in sight, only crocodiles).

Aborigine art in Kakadu.

More aborigine art in Kakadu.

Sunrise on the billybong.

Let's go crock fishing. (or is he human hunting?).

Those spots out there are large birds.

Hiking in Kakadu.

Djim Djim Falls.

Djim Djim Falls up close.

Loris ready to swim. Note the red spots are from the mesquitoes the night before.

Pumping up the air mattresses for our swim to Twin Falls.

We swam past fresh water crocks on our way to Twin Falls.

Twin Falls.

Ed and Mavis posing for pictures at Twin falls.

Asst. Leader Phil taking a shower in the cool waters of Twin Falls.

Sunrise at Kathern Gorge National Park.

John and Kathern Gorge.

A tree full of Flying Foxes.

Boat ride on one of the lakes in Kathern Gorge.

Stanley's Chasm reminds me of Split Rock in Anza Borrego. 12' wide 300' deep. Near Alice Springs.

Steffie and Loris with tourists at Stanley's Chasm.

Small lake in the MacDonald Range.

Steffi and Joe, Loris and Phil take a short camel ride in Alice Springs.

On the way to Ayer's Rock.

We stopped at King's Canyon on the way to Ayer's Rock.

Looking down King's Canyon.

The bridge over the canyon. We're standing on the modern replacement.

Ayer's Rock at different hours.

The trail up to the top is steep like Half Dome with a cable, but is 1200' up.

Here comes Jean at   the top.

Going back down.

More aboriginal art on Ayer's Rock.

Loris takes pictures of caves in the rock. We walked all the way around, 8 miles.

Ayer's rock at sunset.

The Olga Mountains, about 30 miles from Ayer's Rock.

Waiting to board the train from Cairns to Kuranda.

Edward and Lydia at a stop on the way to Kuranda.

Theresa, Loris and Steffie at the butterfly tent in Kuranda.

Curtin Tree near Kuranda

Loris and Elfe on the boat to Fitzroy Island.

The Great Barrier Reef. The wave are breaking on the reef.

Snorkling at the reef.

The reef through the glass bottom boat's bottom.

Barrie isn't feeling to good. It was rough.

It got rougher as the day went on.

  Barbara walks on Fitzroy Island. The next day we flew home.