Monday, January 25, 2010

Raymond Island

I love seeing the wildlife of Australia. I don't see much where I live because it's a built up area. Kangaroos aren't just going to hop down the main street. We saw more wildlife then usual down in Bairnsdale since it's out in the country. In order to see koalas though, we went to Raymond Island. We took the ferry over and had fine driving around looking for them. In all we saw 17 koalas, including one baby, a wallaby, and a kookaburra! We also got invited by a creepy man into his garage to see his train set. He built it himself over the past 11 years. It was very cool to see, even if the man was weird.




I wanted to get a better picture of the
kookaburra, but when I turned around to take
the pic, it was gone.


Paul spotted this wallaby alongside the road
while Chelsea and I were walking around
looking at all the koala's. It looked at us for a
while then hopped off into someones yard.


This one is doing some stretches.


The baby is hard to see. It's above
the mom, but hidden behind leaves.




This is one of the best pictures I got of them.
















If you know Andrew, you know this is a typical
face!

Bairnsdale

January 2, 2010 - January 13, 2010 we spent down in Bairnsdale visiting Paul's family and friends. We had a wonderful time. It was nice and peaceful. Thank you Paul and Karen for letting us stay at your house! The next few posts will be of our time spent there.

Christmas 2009

Our first Christmas as a family! It was a nice quiet day with just the four of us. We picked the kids up around 2 and came home and opened presents, had dinner, and just hung out together.


Our brand new tree.






Andrew was so excited about his new
Cricket set that he kept putting it on
and then taking it off all day long.




After this picture was taken, I said
we should open presents. Andrew
goes, "Whoa! Did you just put those
there? I didn't see them!"



Paul's brother and his sons came down and spent New Year's with us. I didn't get any pictures though. I know it's late, but Happy New Year everyone!

Friday, January 1, 2010

Brighton and St. Kilda

A few weeks ago we went for a drive and ended up at Brighton and then at St. Kilda. Here are some pictures from the day.

Brighton:












St. Kilda