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Next day, straight back into the water

Zeus after abour 30-40 min snorkelling, the gang went back in nd India and I headed further out way out of the resort :-) love this shot of India floating and then this shot just as we near the beach again and wht do we find on the beach my girl looking all movie star in her new swimmers. How's that somg go " .... she's got legs  .... " forgot the rest of thw words, but yeah, my girl looking great hot fun times
we love the water

spot of body surfing

got one looking out for another wave ( we are in the rivermouth and it's not that consistent ) all four of them so nice to be back here again



family photo ? so I said whoever makes the biggest splash running towards me gets an ice cream, yes, Jacqui clearly knows she does not need me when she needs and ice cream, and Belle is so like, that ice cream is mine :-) photo op

woohoo, from here to eternity heheheh, looks we just washed down by a big wave ( we didn't ) woohoo lter that afternoon, Evan not feeling too good, stomach bug. So here he is crashed out in his room he's sharing with the girls good sized room and connected to the kids room is our room time for another sunset shot ( and a sunset drink :-) glad we got these rooms we never got this view from the other rooms we always stayed in

Jacqui is getting a good sunset shot from the kids room as well

last shot with a fruit bat flying past

End of our first day in Fiji

and tomorrow is another day :-)

Straight into it :-)

Sydney > Nadi, Fiji, yes, here we come

off to Fiji again for a holiday :-)

tropic zone :-)





after 3 hour plus of ocean, land ahoy click on above image, it's one of my many favourite psots in fiji, the surfiung spots :-) Namotu & Tavarua slightly obsessed hehehe the resort at the bottom right of the photo again ( showed it last time we flew across ) found out some more info about this trip, apparently government has halted work as there was some dodgy dealings going on with worker's uniion/retirement plans and insurance packages ( usual cash under table business ? ) about to land as we fly past the jetty where boats leave for surfing Cloudbreak Nadi !

After surfing Cloudbreak a swim with the Dolphins, Amazing !!

So we just surfed Cloudbreak, had a snorkel at Namotu, and then just as we starting heading back to the mainland we spot a pod of Dolphins. At first I jump in the water to try and get some footage swimming with them, but they scattered away, although you can see one dive deep as I jump in. But the most amazing part of that was hearing the Dolphins when I played the video, as I did not hear them while I was under water, but the video did ! Amazing

Flight back to Sydney from Nadi, Fiji

about to say bye to the lush greenery take off Nadi river Jetty were we meet Ian from Fiji surf to go to Tavarua and Namotu for our surftrips the open water that would be in front of us as we head to said surf spots
and there they are Tavarua and Namotu, not in frame yet is cloudbreak, which is just to the left of the picture and there she is, cloudbreak. I had the good fortune of surfing it yesterday, no photos to show of it unfortunately, as I did not take water camera with me, and Jacqui's neck was too sore from all the hard work the day before, so bumpy boat ride might was not a good idea.  I had got some great 3-5 foot waves out there, perfect introduction, not small, not too big, and not too windy just like this, a perfect left breaking of the reef I'll be back for sure love me that colour sun's rays beaming through the clouds above ( plane still climbing )

just clouds now as we head to Oz





frost on the window first glimpse of Sydney zoom in, Bonid Beach in the middle and you can see opera house as well :-)

container boat leaving Botany

coming in to land now with a final fly over Kurnell, not best photo because of reflection of inside cabin

Last Day in Fiji

a bit of an overcast day, but I'm positive this will turn into a great sunset
Bilo Bar View
Bilo Bar Drinks yummy
went and sat down on this one for a great view putting my money on great sunset I figure this family must have just landed so they arepretty keen on that evening swim, and why not it's coming and Jacqui's also waiting for it


loving this gold light

amazing spot jacs was so worth the wait







imagine this printed big

nice getting dark now, time for dinner

Tom Lu's, Cuvu Village, Fiji, for dinner

Jacqui's favourite, Kokoda ( pronounced Kokonda ) Local fish ( mako or is it maho ) with lots of fresh coconut and lime juice happy couple with their bibs on, ready for what's to come Mud Crab, Tom Lu style :-) and Jacqui has the Lobster bon apetite

Some shots from Fijian coral coast

When we were here in Fiji last year, april 2011, the kids made a coral home and it got planted out on the reef, now, some 18 months later, Jacqui and I get taken out by Moses, to check on the progress, on the way, Moses points out a young giant clam. cute, in all sizes our guide, Moses found him and there's the coral house, the one with the yellow coral on it. There are others there as well, initially it was planned for them to be placed all over on the reef, but that did not turn out so well, as the fish were not really taking to it, so it was then decided to clump a whole bunch of them together, and that has been succesful this is what it should look like in a decade or so another young giant clam

took some go pro footage while I was down here, will have to do an edit now though ( TIme ) Bat Fish found him again :-)

Sydney > Nadi ( Fiji )

Off to Fiji we go and loving this view of Kuringai and the Hawksbury river opening out to the ocean, with the tip of Barrenjoey Great shot of the Northern Beaches If only I could hover here for a few minutes and pull out my zoom lens :-) I'd be getting shots of Avalon like this, only sharper

great with the central coast at the top, fading out as it gets to Newcastle, looks a lot closer this way last shot of Australia :-) was hoping to get some amazing cloud photos like I did when we flew to Fiji in April 2011 but judging by the dirty window, not so sure I will succeed plus the glass used on the airbus is different from the glass on Boeing planes, so get this wonky effect











this is more like it












love love, one for the printer :-)




might have to print this one for Kenny's living room


or this



look at the colour of that water !! Getting close now :-) and yes, there's the big reef, I recognise that reef straight away been to those reefs a couple of times now, and would love to be this another trip of many more :-) Bula ! so first up, we are looking at the back of in famous cloud break, with Tavarua Island and then Namoto and on outer left is the right hander at Wilkes passage getting amped, hoping to get out there in a few days

left looking good today and planning on getting some snorkel time in as well ( and eat me some mud crab at Tom Lu's ) main land, and what's that, zoom in zoom in more nice, Bure's on the water, would love to check that out, not quite Tahiti but close would be a nice place to stay maybe, looks a little barren and needs a few more trees, but hey, it's closer to Cloudbreak :-) mainland about to land, Bula