After leaving Eungella National Park, we made our way north towards Bloomsbury to link up with our travel buddies Lucky and Naomi and meet their boys Cooper and Alfie during a morning session at Bredl’s Wild Farm. Thankfully, we made our booking well in advance because the animal encounter experience at Bredl’s Wild Fam is…Continue reading Australia – Queensland Part 2 (Airlie Beach, Whitsunday Islands National Park, Bowen, Daintree Rainforest, Great Barrier Reef & Cairns)
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Australia – South Australia (Adelaide, Hallett Cove, Rapid Bay, Kingscote Jetty, Hopkins Island, Grindal Island, Neptune Islands, Edithburgh Jetty, Second Valley & Victor Harbor)
Adelaide impressed us with its many restaurants, bars, galleries, gardens and museums. Our first 3 nights were based in the central business district next to the Rundle Mall, a pedestrian-only shopping area. In addition to discovering street art and murals hidden on every street corner, we admired the beautiful Adelaide State Library, visited the South…Continue reading Australia – South Australia (Adelaide, Hallett Cove, Rapid Bay, Kingscote Jetty, Hopkins Island, Grindal Island, Neptune Islands, Edithburgh Jetty, Second Valley & Victor Harbor)
Philippines – Anilao
Anilao is famous for its macro diving with a prolific and diverse nudibranch population. In fact, during a 2 week competition called “slugfest”, participants discovered more than 500 unique species of nudibranchs! Since we had newly acquired Olympus TG cameras, we wanted to spend some time here focusing on the little critters. Unfortunately, we timed…Continue reading Philippines – Anilao
Indonesia – Bali
Since Bali has loads of cheap international flights, we used it as our base while traveling in and around Indonesia and Malaysia. We got to know the island pretty well as we hopped in and out over the past several months. Our friends Grace and Kirn joined us for a whirlwind couple of days in…Continue reading Indonesia – Bali
Philippines – Malapascua
Malapascua Island, Philippines – one of the only places in the world where SCUBA divers can come face to face with pelagic thresher sharks (also known as “fox sharks”). Thresher sharks are famous for their unusually long tails, which can sometimes measure as long as their torpedo shaped muscular bodies! The thresher shark uses its…Continue reading Philippines – Malapascua