Entries from 'Australia and Oceania'
New Zealand’s South Island
- Aperture: f/4
- ISO: 80
- Shutter Speed: 1/1000 s
- Focal Length: 5.2mm
- Camera: Canon PowerShot S100
Along our journey this year, we have met several travelers who highly recommended that we visit New Zealand due to its natural beauty and breathtaking landscapes. Until we started planning this leg of our trip, we never realized how isolated New Zealand really was; luckily we were flying there from Australia which is only a few…
The Great Barrier Reef
- Aperture: f/3.5
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/250 s
- Focal Length: 10.7mm
- Camera: COOLPIX P7100
We decided our final adventure in Australia would be to experience the world’s largest living structure – The Great Barrier Reef. The reef stretches over 1,400 miles (2,300 km) and can even be seen from outer space. The reef and other marine life we saw was spectacular. Because the Great Barrier Reef is the…
Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Aperture: f/4
- ISO: 160
- Shutter Speed: 1/100 s
- Focal Length: 5.2mm
- Camera: Canon PowerShot S100
We spent the holiday season in lovely Coolum Beach, located in the Sunshine Coast of Queensland. Queensland is one of Australia’s six states and is three times the size of Texas! Although Australia’s Gold Coast is much more of a popular vacation destination for tourists, we selected the Sunshine Coast because we had read about…
Sparkling Sydney
- Aperture: f/2.8
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/30 s
- Focal Length: 5.2mm
- Camera: Canon PowerShot S100
Part of my dream of visiting Australia has to do with the feeling I get while watching New Year’s celebrations from around the world and being amazed by the beautiful Sydney Opera House lit up by sparkling fireworks in the background. I got that same feeling when we first set eyes on the famous performing arts…
The Land Down Under – Victoria, Australia
- Aperture: f/4
- ISO: 160
- Shutter Speed: 1/60 s
- Focal Length: 5.2mm
- Camera: Canon PowerShot S100
Melbourne, Victoria For over 10 years, visiting the continent and country of Australia has been on my bucket list and merely a dream. That dream has come true. After a long 30 hours of travel from Paris to Melbourne via Shanghai, we arrived in the “land down under”. What shocked us the most was landing…
Happy Christmas from your Friends Down Under
Merry Christmas or “Happy Christmas” as they say in Australia! Wishing you peace and happiness this Christmas and throughout the New Year! We’re enjoying a warm summer Christmas here in the Sunshine Coast. We are a little behind with the blog updates – stay tuned as we recap our adventures in Morocco, France, Melbourne and…
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