On Feb 24, 2024, we anchored in a harbor off Airlie Beach in Queensland, Australia. Airlie Beach is a resort town on Queensland’s Whitsunday Coast. It is a gateway to the Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef. The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometers (1,430 miles) over an area of approximately 345,000 square kilometers. It is located off the east coast of Queensland in Australia.

We took an excursion from Airlie Beach into the heart of the Australian bush country to the Proserpine River where we hoped to see some Australian wildlife in the plains, and some crocodiles on the river. Unfortunately, it had just rained in the area so much of the wildlife was in the neighboring woodlands, and the crocodiles stayed hidden in the river or out of sight on the banks of the river. We were able to see some Australian birds, and a couple of wombats along the way, and at one point a herd of Brahman cattle that are raised in the area.