Rachael and Richard Heller

WELCOME
to some of our
Australia experiences.

The background picture is of the
Cathedral Fig Tree in Queensland
Australia

These are just a very, very few places of beauty and interest we have visited in Australia.
	To the left and above are vineyards in the famed wine country of South Australia. To the right are Mangrove forests of Queensland Australia.
	To the left is the ferry to take us across the Dante River. To the right is Quicksilver Viii awaiting to take us on a high speed trip out to Agincourt Reef for a day of snorkeling and scuba diving.
	Queensland Australia is best know for its Great Barrier Reef. To the left is a sleek wave piercing catamaran that whisks us out to a large pontoon for a day of snorkeling and diving.

	To the left and right are two views of the gigantic Wave Rock in western Australia,
On the near right and far right are just two of the thousands of different fantastic geological formations that can be found in the Jenolan Caves on the west side of the Blue Mountains in eastern Australia. There are nine magnificent cave systems to explore.
	To the left is Blue Lake.
	To the left is the magnificent Curtain Fig Tree. To the right is the grandeur of the huge Curtain Fig Tree.
	To the left is another view of the Cathedral Fig Tree. To the right we give you a prospective of just how enormous these fig trees really are.
The Undara Lodge is located on the Atherton Tablelands of Queensland Australia. The Lodge is actually many old-time Railroad cars that have been set up in the outback of Queensland. Each car has been converted into four comfortable "hotel rooms." (see the picture to the lower left.) Around the Undara Lodge there are hundreds of miles of Lava Tubes (see photos below.) Note the people walking in the tube in the middle.

	The two-car Savannahlander train will take a leisurely 400 kilometer trip through the outback from Forsyth to Mt. Surprise.

	About twenty kilometers beyond Forsyth lies the erie and beautiful Cobbald Gorge. To travel the Gorge in a flat bottom boat with an electric motor is a remarkable experience.
	To the right are the magnificent Pinnacle Rocks that have puzzled geologists since their discovery.
	The left and the right are some closeups of these strange formations making up the Pinnacle Rocks
	A short way out of Brisbane Australia, there are three theme parks. In Dreamworld, you can play with white tigers. In SeaWorld, you can play with Dolphins.
	When we finished playing in Dreamworld and SeaWorld, we went to play in Warner Brothers Movie World
	The towering Remarkable Rocks on Kangaroo Island are another geological enigma.
	And what would Australia be without the beloved kangaroo?
	We met he challenge of the Gloucester Tree, the world's highest climbing tree in south west Australia. The platform at the top is over 180 feet above the ground.	Up to the very top for a magnificent view.
	The famed Treetop Walk above the LAND OF THE GIANT TREES in south western Australia.
The immediate right is a view of the beautiful mountains and the Coral Sea on the east coast of Australia. A beautiful beach in the same area.
	Walk the beaches in Cairns and you will be startled by the patterns of little balls of sand seen to the left. If you are patient and quiet, you will see a little crab emerge from a hole in the center. He is a Bubbler Crab.
	The Kuranda Skysail takes us seven kilometers over the treetops passed the magnificent Baron Falls
	The ride from the base of the mountain in Cairns to the village of Kuranda at the top of the mountain can be taken by train or by cable car.
	To the left is the train that travels from Cairns to Kuranda, passing through eighteen tunnels carved through the rocks of the mountains. To the right is a close up view of Barron Falls. The falls are spectacular right after a rainfall.
	The beautiful Mossman Gorge outside of Port Douglas in Queensland Australia is another place of tranquility and beauty.
	Beautiful beaches and magnificent rainforests and so much more like The Gloucester Tree Cobbold Gorge Jenolan Caves and yes, even Warner Brothers Movieworld amusement park.
This is only a very, very tiny sampling of the "trips of a lifetime." We hope that you will really make an effort to travel to Australia one day. There are so many things to see and the Australian people are wonderful.

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