Recently I took a trip to the countries down under to watch the total solar eclipse of 2012. This is the story of how this trip went and what I saw there...
I will not bore you with the details of the trip to Australia just yet (maybe on a later post :p ), but I'll show you a preview, a "best of" if you will, of what's to come.
This... is Sydney :
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| Financial Centre | 
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| purple tree and moon, early morning | 
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| The Sydney Opera and Bridge at night | 
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| Sydney at night | 
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| Sydney at night, tilted | 
And because Sydney offers some interesting wildlife, here are some of my favourites:
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| Humpback whales: mother and calf | 
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| Humpback whale waving its tale | 
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| Medusas :) | 
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| Meeting at twilight | 
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| Rex, the crocodile, eager for visitors :) | 
I didn't stay just in Sydney, after all the country is full of wonderful places to visit:
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| boats in Cairns harbour | 
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| out on the boat | 
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| coral reefs straight ahead! | 
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| tornado in sight. beware! | 
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| Uluru / Ayers Rock | 
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| yep, definitely watch out for kangaroos out here | 
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| Kata Tjuta | 
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| Uluru at sunset | 
And now that you've seen some of the beauties of Australia, let's move to its neighbour, New Zealand:
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| Rotorua, North Island | 
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| Maori boat - details | 
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| Rotorua museum, before sunset | 
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| same Rotorua museum, just closer | 
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| Mount Ngauruhoe, at the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, a.k.a "Mount Doom" (Lord of the Rings) | 
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| The Emerald Lakes, inside the Tongariro Alpine Crossing | 
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| Wellington harbour | 
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| Wellington at night | 
Stay tuned for a more detailed account of my adventures in these wonderful places.
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