Australia

Here we are diving off the boat. It was about 100 ft. long, and totally set up for diving. There were 24 passengers and about 10 crew for 3 days...pretty nice! In this photo, I'm [...]

We took a little airplane to Lizard Island, on the Great Barrier Reef, as a start to a 3 day live aboard dive boat called Mike Ball Diving, which was fantastic. We were really worried [...]

Do you see the black plastic thing running along the side of the car up to the roof? We'd seen it on several local SUVs and finally asked someone what the heck it was. Turns [...]

Gee...sound familiar?

OK, so the food is a little different in the rainforest? Check out the crocodile cookies! How about the ice cream flavors...mango and passionfruit are pretty normal, but they also include SOURSOP and WATTLESEED?! The [...]

This plant is deadly. Just to brush against it will cause extreme pain, swelling, and shortness of breath. If you fell into the whole bush, you'd certainly die. There were several nasty plants in the [...]

When we landed, I had trouble standing up, because my legs felt like jelly. What a hoot!!

Cairns, Australia - There is an indescribable sense of relief when the chute finally opens. It pulls quite a jolt, definitely takes your breath away. The rest of the ride was peaceful, surreal and an [...]

So this is what it's like to travel at 120 miles per hour hurtling toward the ground. After the initial shock, it was like the best roller coaster ride I ever had in my life! [...]

You have to kneel at the edge of the open door, then arch your back and lean forward. It is a LONG way down, and it is really windy. We had about a one minute [...]

Here we are up in the air with our butts on the plane bottom. All crammed in. We did a tandem jump, so there were 4 of us jumping and 4 professional jumpers we were [...]

A sunny day at least 22 hours between scuba dives. Gee, sounds like a sky diving opportunity to us! We walked around town and signed up immediately to fly in the next half hour.