Whitsundays to Cairns

Me in Airlie Beach. A lot of very drunk people there, but it is also the gateway to the Whitsundays.

Catamaran sailing boat.

Hoisting the sail.

We are sailing.

On our way to our first dive.

Yihaa!

I really big and flat fish - George!

Whithaven Beach

Drawing in the sand.

Audrey, Laurence and Magda are professional skiers from France. They also seemed to be professional acrobats at the beach.

Here's another acrobat!

So nice silica sand

From the outlook

Jet holds the upper hand.

A whale!

Sugar cane.

God!

My French friends joined me up to Townsville. We seem to be lost, but we're actually not.

Something is burning!

Fraser Island

A long beach. Not too tempting to swim in the sea because of strong currents and sharks!

At the Champagne Pools

Me watching the angry sea.

Full moon

Total eclipse of the moon

Ship Wreck on the beach.

My hand.

Fungus

Fresh water!

Desert

Isabelle

Nice fresh water beach.

Emarald Lake

Me swimming in the lake

My travel mates. Phil, Andy, Jens, Sam, Ashling and Lisa. Isabelle and Deena behind the camera. A Dingo came and visited us later that night.

Hervey Bay

I reached Hervey Bay in the evening. The ferries for Fraser Island docked.

I spent my first night in the car.

Hervey Bey was pretty sleepy, but the waterfront was really nice.

Pelican

Sunshine Coast is Flooding

After one week of rain in Brisbane. The sun finally decided to come back. On my way up north, several roads were flooded and I had to take detours to make my way. A car in trouble on the river left.

These guys must have had a wet night. But they did seem optimistic about the conditions changing to the better.

Exotic danger!

The legendary surf spot - Noosa

Typical Ozzie tree.

Surf was a bit messy!

Beautiful beach.

Brisbane

When the congress ended, Terje Solvoll (researcher at Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine in Tromsø) and I went to the Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane to have a look at these cute animals. Terje is working on communication in health care: http://www.telemed.no/developing-technology-to-prevent-interruptions.540608-4259.html

Hungry Koala. How these animals manage to survive among all those dangerous animals in Australia is a mystery to me.

Kenguru mama and baby.

Random Kenguru.
Terje and Kenguru. Can you see any similarities?

Medinfo 2007

In August, I flew over the Tasman Sea to attend MEDINFO 2007 in Brisbane, Australia. MEDINFO is a world congress in health informatics. I submitted a short poster paper early in 2007 which was accepted, and I was there to present the poster.

The golden boys. Ståle and Marius from SINTEF presented papers at the congress.

Me in the exhibition area.

First Taste of White Water in Kiwi-land

My first trip to the river became a reality in August after one month of nagging about it. Kenny and Ross in the days when Ross still had working suspensions on his car. After a short stop by Kaituna river, we headed to Aniphenua.

Winter mood

Scouting

Ross. I was actually a bit worried about how this trip would end. And noboby told me this man had a deathwish!

Jono (jaunau) from England. The waterfall is found in the upper part of lower Rangitaiki.

A happy skeleton