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No: 069 | Date: 2004-11-30 | South Pacific High Seas - Australia, East Coast

The last leg included emergency fueling of LADY PORTLAND and beautiful hiking to the misterious Lake McKenzie.



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Description: WILDLIFE came to rescue LADY PORTLAND. They were stuck like a duck due to no fuel and no wind.
Photo by: Daniel Michahelles
   
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Description: Bundaberg Port Marina where we checked into Australia with customs and quarantine. What a relieve, we are finally across the Pacific.
Photo by: Daniel Michahelles
   
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Description: Moon Point of Fraser Island where we took a gentle morning walk before we were heading down to King Fisher Bay.
Photo by: Daniel Michahelles
   
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Description: Daniel trying to capture this untouched part of Fraser Island. Usually Humpback Whales come into this bay to migrate.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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Description: Plenty of dry driftwood is found on the beach.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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Description: Our first Australian Pelican who took a closer look at this unusual white piece of driftwood.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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Description: Daniel looks like a salesman with his orange suitcase in the middle of nowhere.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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Description: On our hike to Lake McKenzie we expected to encounter 17 different snake species but we only met this colorful lizard.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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Description: After our 12 mile hike we arrived at Lake McKenzie a basin of natural beauty.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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Description: The unique landscape of Fraser Island's World Heritage Area has been shaped by sand, wind and water.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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Description: We followed the sandy shallow straits at high tide and made it barely to our next port. We were lucky that we don't draw that much.
Photo by: Daniel Michahelles
   
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Description: Rainbow Beach had quite a tidal change.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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Description: JF and Kate on top of the 120m dune. Good thermals allow many pro's to fly their kites.
Photo by: Daniel Michahelles
   
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Description: At low tide millions of spider looking crabs appear searching for food.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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Description: The natural sand blow is many hundred yards wide.
Photo by: Daniel Michahelles
   
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Description: We encountered a small boating community at Rainbow Beach whose name derived from its colored sand cliffs.
Photo by: Daniel Michahelles
   
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Description: In strong winds WILDLIFE came of it's anchor so we added two more and some chain. Our total weight we had on the floor was approx. 670lbs to keep the anchors set.
Photo by: Daniel Michahelles
   
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