In May 2011 we visited Australia for a couple of weeks.  We started in Townsville in tropical Queensland in the Northeast part of the country.  Then we took a cruise from Cairns following the route of Captain Cook over the Great Barrrier Reef back to Magnetic Island and Townsville.  On the way home we stopped for a couple days in Sydney and had dinner with Kerry.

And then we cruised the Great Barrier Reef, snorkeling several times each day.

And then back to urban Sydney which was also great.