Mark's Birthday Weekend, The Great Ocean Road

Sunset at the Twelve Apostles

Koalas everywhere!

Great Ocean Road thorugh the country

View from Lorne

Bells Beach in Torquay

View of the Gorge from above

Stalagtites



Loch Ard Gorge




Mark's hands were clammy after this photo.

Otways "Fly" Bridge over the Rainforest

Triplet Falls

View from our balcony at the B&B




More Triplet Falls and Rainforest







Apollo Bay
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Getting There


Happy Birthday Mark! We took the holiday (Australia Day) long weekend to enjoy the Great Ocean Road and Twelve Apostles. We spent 2 nights at a B&B in the town of Glenaire in the Otways National Forest. The B&B overlooked a hilly mountain range and ocean; a wallaby was a frequent morning guest. Past the Twelve Apostles was Loch Ard Gorge (named after an Irish immigrant ship that sank in the gorge), Mutton Island, and more islands out in the sea. We also spent time at Triplet Falls and the "Fly" bridge in the Otways- which is an elevated walking tour of the rainforest. Since Mark and I both are not a fan of heights we wondered what we were doing there? We returned to the apostles for sunset after making it as far as Warrambool for seafood. We made our way home Monday cruising down the GOR spying Koalas right and left, then through Apollo Bay again, Lorne and home!
A great 3 days! (The pictures are a bit out of order)
Alexis

Yarra Valley, Dandenongs

In Jan. we went to the Yarra Valley wineries and National Park with Johnny. Beautiful Falls!

Naughty Corey

Corey,
A teenager in the Melbourne 'burbs threw a party when he parents were out of town......his friends trashed the neighborhood...... and now his sunglasses are famous.
This had been a huge story in Melbourne and this kid makes us all laugh. Watch the You Tube clip. You can't make this stuff up.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3-2pVsKRNX8

Kids these days!

Australia Open, January 20

Today we (Mark, me, Suzie, Mitch, Johnny) went to "the tennis" at Vodafone Arena. We watched Ferrer, Sharapova, Henin and Davydenko. They make it look so easy.....

Sydney Jan 1- Jan 5, Czyzewskis and Copleys!

We returned to Sydney to hang out with Halina, Adriana, Jeff and Nico. We had a few days to explore before they arrived and we took a ferry to Manly, Double Bay, Potts Point....in general we did lots of walking! When they arrived we went on a Harbour cruise, Market..had a great time!