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Shoal Bay with Salamander in the distance
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Looking out to sea- whale watch cruise. Islands offshore from Port Stephens.
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Our meeting room - Phyllis waits for the crowd to arrive
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Max getting some salty air on Whale Watch
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Elaine and Fay - LGD Dinner
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Sunburst early morning at Salamander Beach Pier
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Barbara, Merv , Anne
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LDG Dinner: Ruth, Robert, Allan, Torren at the Last Great Day Dinner
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WWII Spitfire
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Landed training flight heading to the hangers
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Got the munchies. Koala doing what they do when not sleeping
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Shoal Bay from Tomaree
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Robert and friends. Local petting zoo.
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View back to Salamander from Shoal Bay
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Pelican on a pole with friend-Nelson Bay Marina
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View to Mount Tomaree and North Head from Shoal Bay
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Anne from the Gold Coast
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Sunrise at Port Stephens. View at dawn east toward Port Stephens Heads from Colonial Ridge Resort
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Caprese Sleeps. Caprese catches up on sleep in a giant hammock hanging from the bow of "IMAGINE" during the dolphin watch cruise.
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Colonial Ridge Resort Cottages overlooking Port Stephens.
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The Resort pool. An excellent salt water facility for swimming and baptizing
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Colonial Ridge Conference Centre entrance. The facilities were great at this Conference facility.
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Salamander Bay Beach. This is a good beach for an early morning walk. Surf beaches can be found on the ocean side of the Bay.
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Murray Allatt. The Feast set up featured a brand new banner in Australia's national colours ( green and gold).
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A beautiful day. Mid way through the Feast the sun broke out and we enjoyed magic weather for the remainder of the Feast.
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Max directs operations on the Whale watch
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Torren at the LGD Dinner. Also Robert and Phyllis, Allan and Charlie
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Bruce's on Salamander Bay Pier
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Aboard "Imagine" on Whale Watch. Everyone, well almost everyone, keeps a keen look out for the whales.
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Caprese & Torren - Dolphin Cruise. Our two junior Feast goers on the rear deck of "IMAGINE" for the dolphin cruise.
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Fighter World. Caprese fancies herself as a "top gun" with Charlie looking on.
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Charlie with the wind in his hair (Whale Watch)
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Caprese, Charlie and Torren
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Torren on the Whale Watch
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Dolphins at sea on the Whale Watch
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Rollers at Port Stephens Heads- Dolphin Cruise
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Dolphins ahoy! Using the Caprese method of counting we saw 53 dolphins in the space of 15 minutes at the heads.
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Dolphins in the rollers.
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Robert & Phyllis Bruce at BBQ
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Caprese and Kirrily at Last Great day Dinner
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Hoping to spot a dolphin below Caprese and Torren had a great time on the "IMAGINE" and loved the fun of the net.
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Good fun at the BBQ. Fay, Barbara, Vince (chef) Nick & Allan enjoy the BBQ.
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Vince in his element as chef at the BBQ
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Charlie, Kirrily and Fay- Dolphin Watch
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Clive dazzles with tricks. Clive showed he has a range of talents with bottle tops and disappearing/reappearing money notes.
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There she blows!
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A humpback whale
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What was that! Is there a whale in there somewhere?
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Koala at the petting zoo
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Where's the whale?
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A bit of tail. Last year we were treated to whales breaching many, many times.
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A Galah - early morning walk to Soldiers Point
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Salamander Zoo - Bird of Paradise
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Caprese at Fingal Beach Isthmus
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Murray Allatt at Fingal Beach Isthmus ( photo by Caprese)
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Patting a Koala - Phyllis Bruce
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Two humps
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A long way from the top. View from atop Mount Tomaree
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More views from Tomaree
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A happy couple of Pelicans at the Zoo
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Meeting the locals. Robert Bruce makes friends with our wildlife.
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The view from Tomaree down the coast
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Nelson Bay Marina
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Robert Bruce delivering a welcome message. Robert Bruce provided an invaluable service in deciding to come to Australia.
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Taking in the message. We had a peak attendance of 26 on any one day and overall 29 attended the Feast over the period.
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Sunset at Soldiers Point
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Soldiers Point at dusk
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From Tomaree to Fingal Beach. Mount Tomaree forms the southern headland to the entrance to Port Stephens.
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The Resort Pool
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Coming up from the water- Fay
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Laying on of hands - Fay
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Fay at Fighter World
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Jets taking off. Close formation take offs are a regular sight.
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Bruces at Watsons Bay with Sydney skyline as backdrop.
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Bruces showing a brave face. Just before passing through the departure gate at Sydney International Airport. They will be back. They will be missed.
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Qantas jet wings Bruces home. It was sad to see two good friends leaving.
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