Happy Birthday Andrew!

March 14th was Andrews 10th birthday! Since the kids birthdays are so close to each other (Chelsea's is March 7th) we spent the day at the zoo. It was my first time at the Melbourne Zoo. We were all slightly disappointed because a lot of the exhibits had no animals in them. Oh well. We had a great time seeing what we could.

Sunday Day Trip

Paul and I went for a day trip on Sunday. We ended up going up a mountain! I was so excited as I had been asking to go to the top of a mountain for a while now. It was cold and rainy, but it was still beautiful! I loved seeing all the plants, grass, and ferns! We ended up going to a place called "Sky High". It had gardens, a maze, gift shop, and restaurant. There was a wedding going on while we were there, so the Secret Garden part was blocked off. Here are some pictures of the rest of the place.


Paul wanted to kiss the kangaroo
on the totem pole. Who am I to
stop him?




They had some nice statues around.
Don't ever let Paul tell you he doesn't
like his picture taken - he seems to
end up in them a lot!


One of the gardens that we were able to walk
through.


The owl.


I'm not sure if this guy is crying
into his hands, or holding his whole
head in his hands.


Mr. Percy Possum. There were a
ton of kids there, I'm sure they would
have loved to play over by this tree!


Some of the beautiful flowers that were in the
gardens.






We were literally in the clouds!



The Giant's chair!




The view of the towns below the clouds.


Paul loves his Sabres hat!

Mini-Vacation

Paul had off on Wednesday and Thursday this week, so we took a mini-vacation! We left around noon on Wednesday and just drove around. We went to the Mornington Peninsula and then ended up staying on Philip Island. On Thursday, we went to see some animals. We were able to feed and pet some of them. We loved it! We also went to the Nobbies. We've tried to go there twice before, but it was always too late when we got there so it was closed. We didn't get to see any seals, but the view was beautiful! On the way back home we stopped at a chocolate factory. We didn't take the tour, but did get some nice chocolate to bring home. I was able to take a ton of pictures!



The Nobbies






Tasmanian Devil!

Family





Look at the joey!

He kept popping out for a look!

Wombat

They were very active at this point!

A younger joey


We had some pelicans in the background.

This little guy kept following us around for food!

The best I could get while riding in the car.