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I am now crossing Australia as I continue my trip cycling around the globe for cancer charity. I have cycled from Cairns to Brisbane and my next leg is Brisbane to Sydney.
After resting, refilling up on supplies, repairs, a fundraiser, and a bath in Brisbane, I depart for the next cycle leg along the Legendary Pacific Coast. I have about 3,000 km left to Melbourne in total. My next rest day is in Byron Bay. Stay tuned for some great pictures/events along the way.  SHRIMP ON THE BARBYThrow another shrimp on the Barby because the Canadian is coming and he is hungry.  Everything is Big in Australia. This is the Big Prawn in Ballina south of Brisbane. I was told you can’t miss it. So far I’ve seen a giant snake,
giant frog, giant banana — what’s next? My bike was scared of the shrimp — it’s 10 metres high and weighs 35 tons. BRYON BAYI took a rare rest day and I rented a kayak today and paddled out into beautiful glass smooth Byron Bay. I swung around hung my swollen feet into the water of the warm turquoise water. Looking down, almost instantly a humpback whale swam less than a metre right under my feet. It must have taken 10 seconds to pass it was so long.
Then there were several circling the boats with calves spouting water, flapping their fins and calling out. This was one of the most fascinating scenes of nature I have ever witnessed. I was right in the middle of it in a kayak .
I was almost touching humpback whales travelling 5,000 km to Antarctica from the northern tropics after breeding and giving birth, undertaking one of the longest migrations in the animal kingdom. In a way it dawned on me — I am on a similar migration of almost exactly the same distance in Australia. I was humbled to be given this opportunity to see firsthand the miracle of migration. Later, from about 2 kilometres out, spinner dolphins frolicked in the bay as they were chased by seagulls after their fish. Some dolphinssurfed in on the waves near shore. Green sea turtles by the dozen poked their heads above the surface to breathe and have a look around. I never imagined to see nature like this in one day in one bay in Australia.  A koala-fied AustralianI am a fully koala-fied Australian now! What a blessing to be able to hold a koala bear. It was like holding a pillow-soft cuddly teddy bear.
They sleep 18 hours a day as the Eucalyptus leaves make them sleepy. They are not really a bear but a marsupial.
I am a firefighter and cancer survivor circumnavigating the globe for cancer research.
I am currently crossing the Australian continent. The posted blogs are my personal opinion and thoughts.
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