Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Anne and Tom's Visit to Australia

Matthew's parents were just here visiting Australia for the first time, and we had a lovely time together! We showed them around Sydney, then we went to Melbourne for a few days, drove the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, then headed to Adelaide for three days, then back to Sydney. It was fun showing them places we'd been before and also exploring new places together (it was our first time to South Australia).

We visited four different wine regions: the Yarra Valley and Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, McLaren Vale and the Barossa Valley in South Australia. 

We saw heaps of animals at Healesville Sanctuary (near Melbourne) and Cleland Wildlife Park (near Adelaide). I even got to hold a koala at Cleland, which was very exciting for me, and was one of the highlights of my entire time in Australia so far! :)

We also saw wild koalas for the first time while driving near Cape Otway, Victoria. Matthew spotted the first one, and we pulled over immediately and took pictures, but he was quite off in the distance. Then we got back in the car, drove a bit further, and started spotting another and another; it was pretty awesome! Here's a video of one of the wild koalas eating some dinner.

A few photos from along the Great Ocean Road.
Anne and Tom at Cape Patton Lookout
At the Twelve Apostles
At the Twelve Apostles
Here's the album with the rest of our photos from the trip.
Anne and Tom's Visit to Australia



2 comments:

Diana Morrow June 14, 2012 at 3:16:00 AM GMT+10  

I'm officially in love with Steve the koala, and absolutely MUST see him in October!!

Laurel June 14, 2012 at 6:56:00 AM GMT+10  

It looks like the Oregon Coast in some ways...minus the koalas and other weird animals, of course...

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