David himself, architect, builder and host of the Whitsunday Wilderness Lodge, greeted us when the helicopter landed. Not much on formality at this place, I could have saved a couple kilos by leaving home the clothes I’d brought to dress for dinner. Who knew? And who could guess that we would have the [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2004
The Great Barrier Reef … a Report from R
Descending to the Great Barrier Reef from the sky
It is the biggest structure built by living organisms. Humans have nothing to match it … a kaleidoscope of life, color, revision, danger and timelessness. I cannot begin to explain my emotions at seeing it spring from the ocean, of touching it, of being swept into it [...]
Rainforest collage
Here are some typical animals we would see on our way to dinner.
Bush turkey, stone curlew, stingray, jellyfish, wallaby with joey in pouch, St Andrew’s cross spider (not very dangerous, about 2″ across), our friend the roach-eating gecko. bigger view
Australia by seaplane, helicopter, kayak, dinghey and sailboat
I thought we traveled by all modes on this trip except submarine, then I remembered we toured in one of those too. Queensland is not the hottest, wettest nor buggiest place I have visited – but the ecotomes of rainforest, mangroves and reefs form one of the completest and best protected systems I have had [...]
Devonport and the movies
Auckland’s tag line is “City of Sails” and last Saturday every one of them was out on the water. We rode the ferry across the harbor to the commuter town of Devonport – a little Carmel, a little like the ferry commuter cities near Seattle. Better weather and prices, fewer crowds. Nice [...]
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