Nathan & Joanna's Australian Adventures

29.01 Makara Beach at Sunset

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The sun setting between the North & South Islands

Joanna & Nathan enjoying the orange light of the setting sun

A calm Cook Straight for a change. Ideal for fishermen!

Joanna doing her 'On Ya JetStar' as the sun sets on another day!

Joanna enjoying a little warmth from the fire

A lovely calm scene with the moon & a great fire!

Messing around with the fire for some visual effects!

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18.02 Transformation of Albert Park

The start of the main straight. All the safety fencing has been erected around the entire circuit!

The first part of the start/finish line grandstands have been completed!

The start/finish line now has most of the grandstand seating in place, with the commentators boxes still to be placed on top!

The Bridgestone Bridge on the way down to the first corner!

View through the safety fencing to Turns 1 & 2!

The sun setting over Melbourne City acroos Albert Park Lake.

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16.02 Wilsons Promontory: Whisky Bay Sunset

A delicious barbeque dinner was had in Tidal River, and then we went to watch the sunset at Whisky Bay. While we were waiting for the sun to manoeuvre into position, we had a little time for a nice cup of tea and a relax!

Joanna enjoying a cup of tea in the light of the setting sun!

Joanna taking a stroll along the beach at Whisky Bay

The drive back to the campsite was a slow and steady affair, as the 'Prom is well known for its quantity & variety of wildlife and we wanted to sell the car in one piece!! We did manage to see some Wombats and Kanagroos, but compared to Tasmania there weren't as many as we would have expected!

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09.02 Tas: Low Head & Penguin Tour

After finding our pitch for the night at Low Head Tourist Park, which just happened to have the best facilities we had encountered on our entire trip! Although we were placed in the older section with the 'permanents', as we had asked for an unpowered site!? I was going to say that we were tucked in a corner again, but that was our choice for some natural cover, as the 'rope & pulley curtain system' would have had to extend all the way car if we had stayed where suggested!

We had also seen on our drive down to the Lightstation that there were Little (Fairy/Blue) Penguin tours! So after much pestering I mananged to persuade Joanna that we should go, as I had never been on one before!

Apparently it was the best tour Joanna had ever been on! We had watched the penguins coming up the beach, then we walked around the rockeries looking at their little nests and watched them waddle further up the beach!

Sunset at Low Head before the Little Penguin Tour

Little Penguins on their way back to their nests!

Labels: big_trips, low_head, low_head_lightstation, magna, penguin_tour, photos, sunset, tas_day_9, tasmania

08.12 Grampians: Mount William Sunset

The highest point in the Grampians is Mount William, so where better to watch the sunset?! It was an 10kms drive up a steep and very twisty road, followed by a 2kms march - Joanna still had her Melbourne legs on her!!