View enlarged photos by clicking on any of the thumbnails below. Return to Australia Course Info			Go to photos of Great Barrier Reef
Sydney Sydney Harbour and the city center, viewed from ferry deck	Sydney Opera House, the most recognizeable building in the southern hemisphere	Concert hall and opera theatre, the two main buildings comprising the Opera House complex	Sydney Harbour Bridge framed by the concourse of the Opera House
Hyde Street Barracks, along with The Rocks, represent the convict heritage of the early British settlers	Chinatown represent the post-war immigrants that transformed Sydney into an international city	Chinese Friendship Gardens at Darling Harbour, a waterfront redevelopment adjacent to the hotel	Kings Cross, a popular entertainment center of Sydney
Cairns Port of Cairns, viewed enroute to Fitzroy Island	Cairns, gateway to the rainforests of far north Queensland as well as the Great Barrier Reef	Cairns' esplanade, a prime locale for viewing a multitude of shorebirds	Fitzroy Island Fitzroy Island and its rainforest habitat
Fitzroy Island, viewed from shuttle boat	Pier welcoming visitors to the island	Mangrove trees growing along shoreline	Prop roots supporting mangroves and pneumatophores to aid in respiration
Glass-bottomed boat tour of the fringing coral reef along the shoreline	Staghorn coral in coral flats exposed during low tide		Go to photos of Great Barrier Reef

 

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