Lakes Entrance

I love the water. I mean, I really love the water. Whenever we go out on the weekend, I always request going to the water. We went to Lakes Entrance twice while down in Bairnsdale. The first time it was Lisa, Chelsea, Andrew, Jackson and myself. We took the kids to the trampolines and they had a great time. We then stopped at this wonderful ice cream place. It was amazing! We finished off the day by walking down to the beach. We had to walk over a long bridge, and up a big hill, but it was worth it! The second time we went it was Paul, myself and the kids along with Lisa, Karen, and Betty. We went straight to the beach. The kids brought their suits this time and loved going in the water!

Kangaroo Searching - Buchan

We went to Buchan to find some kangaroos, but had no luck. We did manage to see a wallaby though! While we went through the caves, Paul was napping in the car. He told us when we were done that he thought he saw a kangaroo hop across the road, but couldn't be certain. We went to look in the direction he pointed. Paul, Andrew and I climbed up a big hill but came up empty. We went back down and started heading towards the car. I wanted to take a few pictures of the small creek and as I walked over, I heard a rustle in the bushes. A wallaby hopped out! I was so excited! That was what Paul had seen hop across the street. It was very thirsty and kept drinking from the creek. It even let Andrew get pretty close!












You can see the wallaby in the bottom right
corner drinking.

Royal Cave - Buchan

I had never been in a cave before. Never. I don't know why. I probably was never offered the opportunity. When we went kangaroo searching at Buchan we decided to go through one of the caves. Paul stayed in the car because his knees were hurting him, but Lisa, Chelsea, Andrew and I went through the Royal Cave. It was beautiful. Although it felt cool when we first walked in, it was very humid. I would definitely go back and go through the Fairy Cave.

Our tour guide told us that about 6 weeks earlier, a wedding was held in the cave. I have no idea how she would have gotten through while wearing her dress, since there were many tight spaces. How gorgeous would that be though!


The part in front is called "Niagara Falls".

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!

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