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2017-10-22 01:01
in Australia, Flying, Nflying, Ntrips, Ozsafari2017, Trips
From Undara, we flew to another island, this time Hamilton Island, a big resort island with multiple airline flights, some international. The first part of the flight was totally VMC, I promise :) (but let's just say that it's a good thing all pilots were IFR rated). After takeoff the clouds went to the ground, and there was no clear path outside of climbing through a hole in the clouds:



where we stayed in Undara

VFR on top

glad to have others on scope, because I couldn't really see them














Hamilton Island's runway

Once on the ground, we waited for our transport in the hangar:





After arriving, we booked a 4WD buggy tour which didn't have extreme driving, but it was fun enough and mostly to climb to a few peaks with a few:




Top views:




our hotel





our planes

we drove down to a beach





some fish would surface to get food
We then went to our room, and I saw some sulfur crested cockatoos by our room, so I went to look for my seeds, and made an offering to the single bird:


then another one came and they fought a bit

this one won

then a few more showed up
Some became very friendly and eager quickly, but they have sharp claws, it hurt a bit :)


happy bird

We then went to hide back in our room, and the birds stayed, hopeful :)


jennifer felt bullied :)
Some pictures from our room:


Meals:

you could have breakfast by the koalas



wedding party outside


Most of our time was spent during 2 days going to the great barrier reef for diving
The last morning, we walked on the beach during low tide:

snails that make the shells that hermit crabs steal later :)

We then had a nice scenic flight on the way out:




our hotel and beach

one of our planes, taking off


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