After the Christmas and New Years holidays I flew back into Australia arriving in Sydney. Coincidently, a fellow golfer from Oglethorpe University had just begun an internship there as well. Finally, someone I knew from home, a common face, someone I trusted without the 50 questions of getting to know you and deciding whether or not you want to continue or end a conversation and/or trust a new face.
Sydney is beautiful and reminded me of being back in Atlanta. There was always something going on, always something to do... ode to the urban life. With spectacular buildings, views, transit systems, people and culture I can't wait to get back to Sydney in late March.
Bush walking is a commonality in Australia. There are bush trails everywhere, which pretty much means there is an established walking trail with historic relavance, a protected site, or beautiful views. This trail has all three in the Whitsunday Islands National Park. After a few hours sailing from Airlie Beach and Able Point Marina we arrived at Hook Island an Nara Inlet. Here is stands a cave with aboriginal drawings maintained on its stone walls as you will see below...
The view at the top overlooking the inlet where we anchored for the night on the catamaran to the right.
Some drawings on the cave at the top of the trail
Me, touching an aboriginal handprint carved into wood
And the excitement of completing an Australian bushwalk!
