Paronella Park in Queensland

Paronella Park was made in the 1930's by Jose Paronella for his wife, Margarita. The park is located 120km south of Cairns, Australia. Since his death, the park has suffered a fire, cyclone, and several floods. Today, you can see the remains of his dream surrounded in the nature that has taken over.

Bats!

                  ^Giant Spider!                             ^Tour through a tunnel dug in a hill

Another terribly large spider

During the twilight tour :)

You Can find out more about this beautifully stunning place by visiting: http://www.paronellapark.com.au/

Franz Josef Glacier

A trip to New Zealand is not complete without visiting a glacier! We picked Franz Josef Glacier to go hiking on. As with almost every other adventure in New Zealand, not much was explained before heading out. They have a "just do it" mentality. 

Glacier melting waterfall

Those little patches of black on the ice are people :)

Inside the glacier

The arches fall.... we had just walked through this one

While we were hiking, the clouds rolled in and became dark... the guide said it wasn't looking to good and the helicopters are not sure if they can make it back up to get us... and that we may have to spend the night on the glacier. He then told us it happens once in a while, in fact the previous week it had happened..

I feel as though this maybe should have been mentioned as a possibility before we had gone up... though I was pretty excited at the idea of staying overnight :)

But of course, the silly helicopter made it up to the glacier. We were the last group of people to be taken back.. I was crossing my fingers. *sigh* Maybe next time :)