Camp Creative, January 16 - 25, 2004

Looking up into the canopy... Those trees were tall.

My first glimpse of Crystal Showers Falls.

The water came out high above you and emptied into a tiny pool.

The hiking path goes right around behind the waterfall, which is pretty neat. There's sort of a little cave back there to keep you from getting too wet. That's me and the Snook back there.

This is my favorite picture from the trip. Pa Snook wedged himself into the back of the cave so we could have the waterfall as a backdrop.

Me and the Snook with Dorrigo's Pioneer Memorial Log. Apparently that's the amount of wood it takes to build a cabin or something.

On Sunday we were due to fly back to Sydney, but I wasn't leaving Coffs Harbour without seeing the Big Banana. It was the very first "big thing" in Australia! Apparently it was put up by an American guy who bought a banana plantation and thought he could turn it into a theme park. It's an Aussie icon.

I knew my Big Banana experience would not be complete without eating a chocolate-coated frozen banana on a stick, so I talked the Snook into having one with me. Aren't they obscene? Pretty good though!

So that's the end. We flew back home to Sydney without a single Russell Crowe sighting. I'm disappointed. But at least I managed my first trip to the country without getting bitten, sunburned, or flooded!