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Australia, 2023
This photos on this page are divided into two parts by state:
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Queensland circa Brisbane including Gold Coast, Loganlea, and Lamington National Park
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Northern Territory - Darwin to Kakadu
End notes
Itinerary
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Acknowledgements
Part 1
Queensland circa Brisbane including Gold Coast, Loganlea, and Lamington National Park
Reptiles
Water dragon
Skink
Birds
Blue-faced honeyeater
Little pied cormorant
Little piper in cormorant form
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Family: ()
Brisbane City Botanic Garden
Brisbane, Australia 2023
December 17, 2023
Canon R5
Little pied cormorant
Royal spoonbill
Spoonerism
Owlet nightjar
The possibility of photographing this bird, was one of the motivators for this entire trip.
I will be using it in my upcoming class of bird taxonomy.
Owlet nightjar
Close
Watchful eyes
Powerful
Powerful
Smile
King of Australia
When the king eats
Jimmy Buffet fan
Backyard rainbow
Corellary
Logrunner
Australian logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)
Family: Orthonychidae (logrunners)
O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat, Australia 2023
December 14, 2023
Canon R5
Logrunner
Australian logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)
Family: Orthonychidae (logrunners)
O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat, Australia 2023
December 14, 2023
Canon R5
Logrunner
Australian logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)
Family: Orthonychidae (logrunners)
O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat, Australia 2023
December 14, 2023
Canon R5
Cresting
Pigeons preening
Miner intrusion
When miners drink
Kookie
Close brush
Australian brushturkey
Finch
Superb wren
The Welcome Committee - strictly no parking
Whipbird
Whipbird with bug
Scrubwren
Stare down
Regent of Australia
Regent in hand
Satin bowerbird
Bower
Bower
Bower components
Bower components
Shrikethrush benched
Great egret (Ardea alba)
Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, and bitterns)
Mt Coot-tha Botanical Garden
Brisbane, Australia 2023
December 20, 2023
Canon R5
Eurasian coot (Fulica atra)
Family: Rallidae (rails, gallinules, and coots)
Mt Coot-tha Botanical Garden
Brisbane, Australia 2023
December 20, 2023
Canon R5
Honeyeater
The butcher
Corvid
Willie wonga
Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles miles)
Family: Charadriidae (plovers,lapwings, killdeer, queltehue, and dotterels)
University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia 2023
December 18, 2023
Canon R5
The mane thing ducks and lions have in common
Maned duck (Chenonetta jubata)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans, teals, shovelers, pintails, mergansers, goldeneyes, wigeons)
Mt Coot-tha Botanical Garden
Brisbane, Australia 2023
December 20, 2023
Canon R5
Brown black
Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans, teals, shovelers, pintails, mergansers, goldeneyes, wigeons)
Loganlea, Australia 2023
December 13, 2023
Canon R5
Mammals
Wallaby
Bandicoot
Possum
Koalas
Sugar gliders
Flying fox in black
Amphibians
Frog
(Mixophyes)
Family: Myobatrachidae (Australian ground frogs)
Brisbane Botanical Gardens - Mt Coot-tha
Brisbane, Australia 2023
December 19, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
Finger frog
Bob with frog
The dreaded
Mollusc and crustaceans
Snail
Insects and spiders
True-eevil
Air dragon
Fly and reflection
Camouflage
Crambid
Moth on sheoak
Cicada
When a centipede in the house
Bark parasite
Scorpion
Spider
Spider
Marine invertebrates
Jelly on sand
Family: Aequoreidae (many-ribbed jellies)
Gold Coast, Australia 2023
December 14, 2023
Canon R5
Slime molds
Slime
Slime mold
Patriotic lichen
Fungi
()
Family: ()
Brisbane City Botanic Garden
Brisbane, Australia 2023
December 17, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
Old mushroom
Flora
Sacred
Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
Family: Nelumbonaceae (lotus family)
Brisbane Botanical Gardens - Mt Coot-tha
Brisbane, Australia 2023
December 20, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
Australian passion
Passionate leaf
Grass seed
()
Family: Stemonitidaceae
O'Reilly's
Queensland, Australia 2023
December 15, 2023
Canon R5
Golden penda
Queen of Philippines
Bramble
Medical emergency
Fig-uring it out
Ferns on tree
()
Family: Polypodiaceae (polypody family)
Brisbane City Botanic Gardens
Brisbane, Australia 2023
December 17, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
Lilli pilli
Have edges. And berries
Polka dot
Mangroves
()
Family: ()
Brisbane City Botanic Gardens
Brisbane, Australia 2023
December 17, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
People
Paul, Colleen, Bob, and Charles
Bob and Greg
Bob, Mark, and SARS-CoV-2
Sianga and Bob
Sianga and Bob with license
Bob, Mel, Sianga, Nini, and Ruben
Bob, Rahula, and Sianga
Bob and Rahula
Morning birding with guide
Bob and Ruben by the Wishing Tree
Bob and Mel
Bob and Naiyini
Bob feeding parrots
When Sianga was a pirate
Sianga at breakfast
Bob with wine sampler
Wine sampler
Mel helps with the prize
Mel, Bob, and Sianga with wine
Last goodbyes
The tree and the Tree
Bob
Burleigh Head National Park
Gold Coast, Australia 2023
December 14, 2023
Pixel 8 Pro
Bob on bridge
Bob with stone-curlew
Bob
Brisbane City Botanical Garden
Brisbane, Australia 2023
December 17, 2023
Pixel 8 Pro
Infinite Bob
Lamington Bob
Bob with sculptured tower
Bob
Mount Coot-tha Botanic Garden
Brisbane, Australia 2023
December 21, 2023
Pixel 8 Pro
Bob with eggs Bennie
Eggs bennie
Landscapes
Morans falls
Vista
Rainforest vista from lodge
Brisbane by day
Walkway
Ella's - Maritime Museum
Clock tower
Brisbane skyline from Goodwill Bridge
Brisbane skyline from the river
Brisbane at night
Fairy trees
Swimming lagoon at night
Bob in arcade of lights
University of Queensland
Arcade
Darwin in relief
Einstein reliefed
Oil drop experiment
University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia 2023
December 18, 2023
Canon R5
Fountain
University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia 2023
December 18, 2023
Canon R5
Goodwill bridge
Goodwill bridge
Bob on the Goodwill Bridge
Sneakers on Goodwill Bridge
Art
Art
Sculpture of man and birds
Reflective sculpture
Airport art
Airport art
Airport art
After the plane crash
The Unicyclist
Colorful sloths
Mural
Plaque
Lion graffiti
Brisbane City Botanical Garden
Brisbane, Australia 2023
December 17, 2023
Canon R5
Stone fountain
Brisbane City Botanical Garden
Brisbane, Australia 2023
December 17, 2023
Canon R5
Panda bear electrical box
Architecture
Buldings and beach
Signs
John Laws Park
Mt Coot-tha Botanical Garden
River loop sign
Signs
Brisbane City Botanic Gardens
Brisbane, Australia 2023
December 17, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
O'Reilly's Vineyards
The cat's pajamas
Chemist
Ronald McDonald house
Extreme care
Where Hendra is stored + humor gone viral
Bagels
Bagel Boys logo
Bagel Boys bagel
Bob's happy place
Misc
Spider collection
Mount Coot-tha
Brisbane, Australia 2023
December 18, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
Musical frond
Retreat 08
Mailbox
City Cat
Australia wear
Clothes
Brisbane City Botanic Gardens
Brisbane, Australia 2023
December 17, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
Vandalism
Brisbane City Botanic Gardens
Brisbane, Australia 2023
December 17, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
Train to Loganlea
Play structure - Ronald McDonald House
Ronald McDonald House
Part 2
Northern Territory - Darwin to Kakadu
Reptiles
Salty
Crocodile head
On the prowl
Beware
Lazy lizard
Class monitor
()
Family: ()
Yellow waters
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 23, 2023
Canon R5
House gecko
Birds
Magpie geese
Wet darter
Darter drying
Darter
Jacana with cricket
Supposedly, this bird has the largest feet to size ratio of any bird.
Megapode
Shelducks
Radjah Shelduck (Radjah radjah)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans, teals, shovelers, pintails, mergansers, goldeneyes, wigeons)
Promenade
Darwin, Australia 2023
December 26, 2023
Canon R5
Radjah Shelduck (Radjah radjah)
Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans, teals, shovelers, pintails, mergansers, goldeneyes, wigeons)
Darwin Promenade
Darwin, Australia 2023
December 26, 2023
Canon R5
Wandering whistling
Kakadu rainbow
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Family: ()
Aurora Hotel grounds
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 25, 2023
Canon R5
Eagle
Kite
Kite on light
Forest kingfisher
Blue-winged kookie
Wagtail
Willie with bugs
Friarbird
Friarbird calling
Lapwing
"Jabiru"
In Kakadu, the black-necked stork is called a jabiru - even though it is not in the genus Jabiru.
And the town is named after the misnamed stork.
Theis stork was not seen in the Jabiru region of Kakadu, but rather in the Cooinda region.
Check out this posture
Jabiru
Little corella
Figbird
Silver gull
Crimson finch (Neochmia phaeton)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, estrildids)
Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Center, Cooinda
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 23, 2023
Canon R5
Crimson finch
Avian gem
Grey-crowned babbler
Babbler
Flowerpecker
Northern Territory mammals
Agile
Road kill
Frog
They are everywhere.
Molluscs
Snail
Marine invertebrates
Cuttle bone
Screw shell
Cockle
()
Family: ()
Cassuarina Beach
Darwin, Australia 2023
December 26, 2023
Canon R5
()
Family: ()
Cassuarina Beach
Darwin, Australia 2023
December 26, 2023
Canon R5
Insects
()
Family: ()
Yellow waters
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 25, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
()
Family: ()
Mamukala wetlands
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 25, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
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Stump, mushrooms, moth
()
Family: ()
Nourlangie
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 22, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
()
Family: ()
Nourlangie
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 22, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
When right side up is upside down
(Diatenes aglossoides)
Family: Erebidae (underwing, tiger, and tussock moths)
Yellow waters
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 25, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
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Family: ()
Yellow waters
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 23, 2023
Canon R5
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Family: ()
Yellow waters
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 23, 2023
Canon R5
Dragonfly
Green fly
()
Family: ()
Nourlangie
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 22, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
Grasshopper face
Ant
()
Family: ()
Yellow waters
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 23, 2023
Canon R5
()
Family: ()
Yellow waters
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 23, 2023
Canon R5
Ant versus toad
()
Family: ()
Nourlangie
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 22, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
Katherina
Fungi
()
Family: ()
Mamukala wetlands
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 25, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
()
Family: ()
Darwin Promenade
Darwin, Australia 2023
December 26, 2023
Canon R5
5 mushrooms
()
Family: ()
Aurora hotel
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 22, 2023
Canon R5
Flora
Swamp lily
Pandanus
Beach sheoak
()
Family: ()
Yellow waters
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 23, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
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Family: ()
Yellow waters
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 23, 2023
Canon R5
()
Family: ()
Yellow waters
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 23, 2023
Canon R5
()
Family: ()
Darwin Promenade
Darwin, Australia 2023
December 26, 2023
Canon R5
()
Family: ()
Yellow waters
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 23, 2023
Canon R5
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Family: ()
Yellow waters
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 23, 2023
Canon R5
Mangrove
Club mangrove (Aegialitis annulata )
Family: Plumbaginaceae (plumbago family)
Darwin, Australia 2023
December 26, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
Morning glory
Bark
Primrose
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Family: ()
Nourlangie
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 22, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
Bob
Bob and Tom
Bob - last one off as usual
Yellow waters
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 24, 2023
Pixel 8 Pro
Bob v croc for fish
()
Family: ()
George Brown Darwin Botanic Garden
Darwin, Australia 2023
December 25, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
Bob and charles with boxing croc
Additional Darwin iconography
Bob and Charles
CD - shirt, doll, and university
Bob
Darwin
Charles Darwin University
Darwin, Australia 2023
December 26, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
Bob, Charles, evolve and love
Evolve and love
Darwin in Darwin in Darwin
Darwin National Park
Darwin, Australia 2023
December 21, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
When Darwin gets hostel
Darwin's voyage
Petroglyphs
Aboriginal petroglyphs
Kangaroo
Hunting kangaroo
Aboriginal petroglyphs
Bob and the art of rock - Nourlangie style
Art
Whale sculptured
Darwin Promenade
Darwin, Australia 2023
December 26, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
Well decorated
Architecture
Painted tower
Crocodile hotel
My crib
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Family: ()
Aurora Hotel
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 25, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
Landscapes
Wetlands
The impending storm
Jabiru Lake
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 23, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
View
Nourlangie rock
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 22, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
Hillside
Nourlangie rock
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 23, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
Control burn
Near Yellow Water
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 24, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
Control burn
Near Yellow Water
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 24, 2023
Canon R5
Seasonal closure
Dark skies ahead
Mushroom rock
()
Family: ()
Cassuarina Beach
Darwin, Australia 2023
December 26, 2023
Pixel 8 Pro
The Coral Sea
Cloudscape
Clouds
En route - Darwin to Brisbane
Australia 2023
December 26, 2023
Canon R5
Darwin skyline from the airport
Darwin Airport
Darwin, Australia 2023
December 27, 2023
Pixel 8 Pro
Misc
The pool at aurora
Jabiru cemetery
Max master
()
Family: ()
Darwin Promenade
Darwin, Australia 2023
December 26, 2023
Canon R5
Bait debate
Barramundi
()
Family: ()
Yellow waters
Darwin, Australia 2023
December 25, 2023
Pixel 8 Pro
Vehicles
Yellow water shuttle
Yellow Water
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 23, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
My chariot
Licenses
Ogre
License to Xplore
Signs
Nourlangie
Heart of Kakadu
Warradjan cultural center
70m
Yellow water plaque
George Brown Darwin Botanic Garden
Signs
George Brown Darwin Botanic Garden
Darwin, Australia 2023
December 25, 2023
Canon 7D Mark II
Cassuarina sunset
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Family: ()
Cassuarina Beach
Darwin, Australia 2023
December 25, 2023
Pixel 8 Pro
Sunset
Casuarina Beach
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 25, 2023
Pixel 8 Pro
Part 3
The Trip Itinerary - December 11 - December 27, 2023
December 11, 2023 - SFO (to Brisbane), Australia
- Wendy dropped me off at SFO
- Red eye flight but I managed to get an entire row near the back of the plane
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December 12, 2023 - crossing the international dateline
- Cross the dateline en route from California to Brisbane
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December 13, 2023 - Brisbane airport to Loganlea
- Arrive early at Brisbane airport
- Train to Loganlea
- Mel picked me up at the train station
- Walk to Riverside Park with Nini
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December 14, 2023 - Brisbane airport to Gold Coast to O'Reilly's
- Drive to Gold Coast with Sianga
- Elk Espresso
- Hike up Burleigh Head National Park - Rainforest and Ocean-View Lookout tracks
- Drive back to Loganlea to pick up the rest of the family
- Lunch at the house
- Drive to O'Reilly's
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December 15, 2023 - O'Reilly's
- Morning bird walk with guide - 6:45 am
- Morans Falls hike with Mel and Ruben
- Listen to manager's welcome
- Win contest - wine tasting with 5 O'Reilly's wines
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December 16, 2023 - O'Reilly's to Loganlea
- Morning bird walk with guide - 6:45 am
- Hike to waterfall with Mel and Ruben
- Infinity pool
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December 17, 2023 - Loganlea to Brisbane
- Morning in Loganlea
- Sianga, Mel, Nini, and Ruben dropped me off at Marriott on their way to a meeting
- Walked across Goodwill Bridge
- Brisbane City Botanical Garden
- Dinner with Paul, Colleen, Bob, and Charles at lil viet de lite in South Bank
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December 18, 2023 - Brisbane
- Walk across bridge
- Lox and bagel at Bagel Boys
- Ferry to University of Queensland
- Walk around campus
- Meet up with Mark Walker
- Mark gave me a tour of campus
- Coffee in the quad
- Ride share to meet Greg
- Outing with Greg Anderson
- Owlet Nightjar - first encounter
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December 19, 2023 - Brisbane
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- Outing with Greg Anderson
- Picked me up at Marriott
- Blackbutt
- Wights Mountain
- Forgan Park, Bullocky Rest
- Yarraman State Forest
- Train back to South Bank
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December 20, 2023 - Brisbane to Darwin
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- Brisbane Botanical Gardens - Mt Coot-tha
- Didi back to hotel, pick up bags in lobby, and continue on to airport
- Flight to Darwin
- Rent car at airport
- Shirt ride to airport hotel
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December 21, 2023 - Darwin to Kakadu
- Walk around hotel grounds - magpie geese
- Walk around Darwin Cemetery
- Darwin National Park
- Drive to Jabiru
- Check into Aurora Kakadu hotel
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December 22, 2023 - Kakadu
- Drive from Jabiru to Nourlangie Rock
- Hike to Aboriginal art - four sites
- Hike up to lookout
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December 23, 2023 - Kakadu
- Drive from Jabiru to Cooinda
- Yellow Waters tour - 6:45 am
- Go to Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Center
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December 24, 2023 - Kakadu
- Drive from Jabiru to Cooinda
- Yellow Waters tour - 11:30 am
- Drive back to Jabiru
- Walk around Jabiru Lake
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- Swimming in hotel pool
December 25, 2023 - Kakadu to Darwin
- Pack up
- Explore around hotel grounds - Aurora Hotel
- Drive to Mamukala Wetlands
- Arnhem Highway, Humpty Doo - boxing croc statue
- Drive to Darwin
- Check into Hilton
- Walk to Promenade
- George Brown Darwin Botanic Garden
December 26, 2023 - Darwin to Brisbane
- Walk to Promenade
- Charles Darwin University
- Casuarina Beach
- Get gas
- Return car
- Virgin Australia to Brisbane (lowball bid to upgrade to business class - accepted)
- Uber to Marriot
- Walk to Brisbane sign on South Bank
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December 27, 2023 - Darwin to Palo Alto
- Finish packing
- Sianga came to hotel
- Walk to South Bank restaurants with Sianga
- Walk back to hotel
- Sianga dropped me off at the airport
- Long flight to SFO - full row
- Easily clear customs
- Wendy picked me up at the airport
- unpack
- nap
- walk the Dish
- Dinner at home
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Acknowledgements
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Sianga, Mel, Naiyini, and Ruben Kuyan
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Greg Anderson
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Yelena Ginzburg
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Colleen Yao and Paul Jagals
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Scott Smith
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Mark Walker
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Victor Nizet
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Arturo Izurieta
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Ben Fohner
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Don Hejna
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John Harshman
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Jennifer Rycenga
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Ben Fohner
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