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Brisbane
Brisbane is a beautiful city with about 1,5
million inhabitants. I lived in a suburb called West End about 20 minutes walk from
Brisbane center. The suburb is characterized by coffee shops and restaurants. The house
was old, but nice and had about ten rooms. My Uni was located in the outskirts of the city
center, right next to the botanic garden.
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| Brisbane from look out point Mount Coocha |
View of Brisbane from West End |
View of Brisbane from Uni Lodge |
QUT seen from Brisbane river |
Kangaroo point. A nice place for climbing and BBQ |
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| Story bridge over Brisbane river |
Brisbane river and city |
Botanic gardens, close to QUT and city center |
Brisbane casino. |
Ann street in Brisbane center |
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| Ann street |
Sky scrapes in the city center |
Sky scrapes in the city center |
Old parliament house. Located next to QUT |
Fruit stand in front of QUT |
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| QUT sign |
Melbourne road between home and the city center |
Hardgrave road. The road where I stayed |
Restaurants and shops on Hardgrave road |
More shops on Hardgrave road |
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| Hardgrave road 103. My home in Australia |
The back of the house with the city in the background |
Frans and Markus are sun bathing in our "garden" |
The famous living room on Hardgrave road 103 |
My desk in my small room |
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| A cockroach in the kitchen seconds before its death |
I and Markus found a secret room |
Mayomi's birthday party. Peters first day in the house |
Peter, Markus, Noah and Jung are playing monopoly. |
Sabine, Masahiro and Mike together |
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| Mike resting in our sofa |
Wisa is modeling |
Paul's friend, Jung, Chris, Paul and Wisa |
Paul, Jung and I |
Good bye party for Mayomi and Masahiro |
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| The start of Mayomi and Masahiro's travel around Oz |
Markus looks at fireworks at the Brisbane river festival |
Markus often woke me up with Chris guitar in the mornings |
We actually did study...from time to time. |
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Gold Coast
Whenever there was time I took the train to
Surfers Paradise on the Gold coast, about 1 hours ride from Brisbane. Surfers is a tourist
place with lots of high hotels and a really long beach with nice waves.
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| I'm at Surfers a sunny day. |
This is what the city looks like. |
Finally we arrive... |
Sunbathing . Feels good... |
Mike-the surfer, rules in Surfers |
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| Jung as a surfer in Surfers Paradise |
Jung, Markus an Noah at the beach in Surfers Paradise |
I, Wisa and Jung at the beach in Surfers just before I left
Oz |
Markus under the sea |
Close-up of Markus under water |
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| Markus, Björn and Mike after a dive in Tweed Heads |
I've just survived my first scuba dive in Tweed Heads |
A well deserved break after a day of scuba diving |
A taste of the good life after scuba diving |
Mike, Björn and Markus. The crocodile hunters farm |
Currumbin
bird sanctuary
After just a few weeks in Brisbane I went to
Surfers Paradise and further on to Currumbin. Here could I see the typical Australian
animals in a zoo.
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| As close as I got a emu |
Roos everywhere... |
The koala is asleep...as always |
Tasmanian devil. A beauty |
My favorite Oz animal - the wombat |
Noosa
When Markus, Jung and I were on our way to
Harvey Bay and Fraser Island, we stopped in Noosa. Here they have a really nice beach and
some nice walking tracks.
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| Markus, Jung and I made a stop over in Noosa on our way to
Fraser Island |
Markus and Jung are landing on the beautiful beach in Noosa |
Jung shows his best party-trick on the beach |
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Stradbroke
Island
I visited Straddie several times. The first
time was with my class from Uni. We visited the inner of the Island, which is closed for
tourists. The second time was with my friends from the house. We biked across the Island a
beautiful day. My last visit was with Markus. We took the bus and saw some nice beaches.
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| Site visit at a sand mine with my class mates from QUT |
Finally at home after a exhausting day of biking. |
Wisa fell of his bike even before we got on the barge to
Straddie |
Paul, I, Markus, Jung and Wisa on the barge |
We had a long way to bike in front of us |
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| Markus sun bathes on our way to Straddie |
Jung is happy to be on his way |
When Wisa finally showed up, Markus rushed to his side |
A well earned break after about 10 km |
After a dip in the sea and tasty lunch where we ready to go
again |
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| Let's go! |
Finally! A blue sky, a white beach and clear water |
Our bikes at the beach side |
Paul and Jung liked to sea |
Paul is ready to bike the 20 km back to the ferry |
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| When we entered the barge the sky opened up |
No sad faces... |
We got to see a nice sunset |
The "bike-gang" after a hard day |
I and Markus went back to Straddie. Here's a god place to
surf |
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| Straddie's nature is beautiful |
Markus is waiting for the bus |
Markus explores the Straddie bush |
Markus and Jung plays on the cliffs |
I can only guess what Mike is doing |
Frasier
Island
Markus, Jung and I went to Frasier Island,
the worlds largest Sand Island. We drove a 4wd together with a small group of other people
and camped on the Island for two nights.
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| Our 4wd on the beach of Frasier Island |
Nice camp |
Beautiful lake Wobby |
I'm walking the "dessert" to get to the lake... |
...so is Jung Kyo doing |
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| We also stopped at lake McKenzie |
A nice spot to clean your feet? |
A famous wreck on the beach |
I'm posing in front of the wreck |
Indian heads seen at the horizon |
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| We caught a lift with two Swedish guys |
A few seconds before we got bogged in the sand |
Sun bathing at the Champagne pools |
Markus on his way to the creek |
Frasier has lots of dingoes running around |
Barrier Reef
I traveled to Arlie Beach with my friend
Jessica between my final exams in November. From Arlie I got on a boat an sailed to the
Whitsunday Islands and the Barrier reef. I did five dives at different locations and saw
beautiful fishes, corals and even encountered sharks. We sailed for a total of three
nights and four days
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| Jessica and I arrived at Arlie beach in mid November |
A sunset on our way to the barrier reef |
One of the top ten beaches in the world - Whithaven beach |
A wonderful paradise |
Our boat in the sunset |
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| Finally. The barrier reef! |
Pearl bay. Here saw we some beautiful soft corrals |
At the surface, ready to descend |
Going down... |
My dive buddy Mike Halley |
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| This is what I look like with scuba gear on |
Close up of me under water |
Jessica under water |
Mike is doing tricks in front of the camera |
Sharks? Where? |
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| Swimming around. Enjoying colorful corals... |
...and fishes |
Going where now man has gone before...Sure |
Ugly fish! |
A shark! There were actually 6-7 circling around us! |
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| Everything ok! We survived |
Lucky faces after a day of scuba |
It's a hard life. You need to relax to. Jessica sun bathes |
Dinner. Yummy! |
In the net, dragged along the boat |
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| Having fun! |
Sun bathing on the roof of the boat |
Doing nothing... |
The whole group onboard The boat Coral Adventure |
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