TnT's Adventures Down Under - Part IV: More Great Barrier Reef Pictures...

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TnT rented underwater camera's before they went out on the boat. When they got back to the Cairns Colonial Club Resort the guys noticed that their pictures were mixed up on the CD they purchased at the Camera Shop. Oh well, at least the pictures turned out!!!

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TnT's Adventures Down Under - Part II

Smithfield Bungy Tower ~ Cairns.
If you want to wrap anywhere from 640 to 1120 individual strands of rubber around your legs and jump off a 164 ft. tower, this is the place to be! Travis and Tony's first adventure in the land down under took them to AJ Hackett's Smithfield Bungy Tower constructed on the edge of the Australian Rainforest. The guys jumped twice, the first time was a swan dive and the second time they jumped off backwards... (gulp) We do have video of this and I will post it just as soon as I figure out how! The Official Jumpers' Edition Pack* states that snakes, goannas and native birds roam the site and the rainforest. Later on during their stay in Australia, TnT went to the Turanga Zoo. There will be pictures of some of these native animals in a later post on the zoo. Here are a couple of pictures that TnT took while at the Bungy Tower...

The guys struck up a conversation with a couple of local girls who realized why bungy jumping wasn't such a big deal to TnT. The conversation centered around horses for some reason! The guys did admit to a moments' hesitation when they looked down for the first time...

No worries, Mum!!!

*The pictures in the Official Jumpers' Edition Pack were taken by AJ Hackett Staff.

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TnT's Adventures Down Under - Part I...

We are in the process of downloading all the Australian pictures, packing for the move to Texas and seeing if I will be able to post some video that TnT have of some of their "Adventures Down Under!"

There will be at least 12 parts in "TnT's Adventures Down Under. While the guys were in Cairns, Queensland, Australia they went Bungy Jumping, snorkling and scuba diving, and toured a rainforest.

In Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory, they visited the Royal Flying Doctors Museum, the Reptile Center and held a baby kangaroo at a Kangaroo Rescue. They met a couple from New Zealand at the Alice Springs Rodeo and took a 5 1/2 (one-way) bus tour to see Katajura and Uluru (Ayers Rock).

During their last stop in Sydney, New South Wales, TnT toured another rainforest in the Blue Mountains, walked through a part of the Turanga Zoo/Watson Bay, attended a symphony at the Sydney Opera House and rode some "brumbies" out in Glenworth Valley.

What an adventure of a lifetime!!! The guys did write down their adventures in their Leather Journal Books, so I will be able to add their "take" on the whole "Adventure Down Under"! And as a way to bring some of the ambiance of Australia, I will be adding links all along the way...

No Worries, mate!!

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Comments from Down Under...

TnT found a computer at the Cairns Colonial Club Resort in Cairns, Australia! After I got home from feeding this morning I found an email that said TnT left a comment on "A Call from the Future"!

TnT said...

Howdy
Trip is going great, got lots of pictures. Survived the dive at the Great Barrier Reef, Moby Dick & Jaws didn't eat us didn't even make a showing guess they heard us TEXANS were comin. Talk to ya later.
No worries Mum

T n T :)

I have been telling Naomi over at Diary From England that I love the way she calls my mom "mum". Now I am "Mum"!!

Then this afternoon they found Becky's comment about their truck. Oops! Becky is keeping TnT's Dodge Dually at her place instead of them having to put it into long term parking. Thanks, Becky! Here is Becky's comment on "TnT's Puppies!!!":

Becky said...

Heya! I enjoyed my visit with the boys yesterday, and I further enjoyed the fact that I have their truck held captive here. I will send photos of how I'm going to make it all feminine while they're gone. Oh, yeah... it's going to be GOOD. (Nothing permanent, of course. I'm not that mean.)

I asked them yesterday why they chose the pups that they did... And I know one thing that helped narrow it down:

They've noticed that Katy sometimes has trouble with the heat, whereas Rusty doesn't seem to struggle as much. Their theory is that the black coat makes it harder on Katy, and since the pups are working dogs, they chose brown. (They did say it was REALLY hard not to go for the black 'n white girl with the perfect Border collie markings.)

I answered her with the following:

Janey Loree said...

Uh-oh!!! If they only knew! Becky thanks for letting them keep their truck at your place. I will post the pictures you send...this is gonna be good!!

Yeah, little Panda, as she is called, is the runt and her markings ARE perfect. It is almost as if she was painted with the same template on both sides!!!

Little did we know that we would get caught!

TnT said...

Hey Becky, Don't you dare. If our truck has any pink on it you'd better be prepared to run. :) TnT

Becky, when you send pictures, I will wait to post them so that TnT can't see what you did to their truck...until they get back! That is if the surprise isn't spoiled!!!

TnT, your Uncle says that the reason the sharks didn't come after you is because they heard that TEXANS have a wild taste! ;)

The picture was taken in January of this year, thus the jackets!
From left to right: Katy, Diesel Marie, Tony, Dunny, Becky and Travis.

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A Call From The Future...

When I got home Sunday night after cleaning the mares pens and feeding and watering all five horses, my mother told me that TnT would be calling back at 10pm...in half an hour! I will tell you later why I was over at the stables until such a late hour!! Well, at exactly 10pm, I received a call from Tony! It was 3pm on Monday in Cairns, Australia. They were calling to let me know that they FINALLY made it to Cairns. They were delayed a little bit by the computers going down at LAX, so that when they landed in Sydney, expecting a 2 hour layover, they went through customs and walked right onto the plane bound for Cairns. Phew...that was close!!! Tony said the weather was a bit warm but felt really good. They bought a phone card since they naturally had no cell phone service. Tony asked about the horses, dogs and puppies and said that they would call every other day to touch base. We still have a few details to square away before they move to Texas. I could hear the excitement in his voice and knew that he and Travis were having a great time just being in Australia!!! When we talked about the time difference he told me that I had just received a call from the future!

The photograph was taken on Saturday right before Travis and Tony left on the 3 hour drive to the airport in Los Angeles. From left to right: Honey the Pomeranian/Chihuahua "guard dog" (Dunny was too close to my dad), Travis, my mother Phyllis, my dad George, and Tony. Dunny is one of the pups from Katy's first litter by the Desert Stray and the little Chihuahua is Luke my brother's dog.

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