Byron Bay, Mark, Alexis and Alli, Dec 29th- Jan 1

Beautiful Byron Bay....except for the cyclone. We get to our beach paradise and 3 days of rain awaits us!! Still, it is a beautiful spot and we made the best of it! Thankfully we brought the dominoes!
Alexis

Sydney for the Holidays Dec 26th-29th

We then traveled to Sydney and keep the holiday vacation going!!! The pictures are, from top to bottom, Dad and Alli on our cruise around Sydney harbour, "The Rocks" area surrounding Circular Quay (pronounced "key"), Japanese Garden, pub, Harbour Bridge, Opera House and Bondi Beach!!!!
Love, Alexis

Australia for the Holidays- Melbourne 12/23-12/26

Mark and my family came to Australia over the holidays- we had a great time! First, everyone came to visit us for Christmas in Melbourne. Activities included: sightseeing, market shopping, winery tour, Healesville sanctuary, Royal Botanic Gardens, BBQ and beach.

Biking in St. Kilda, Brighton

We went biking today...from Port Melbourne down to Brighton. Notice the little "cabanas" on the beach- they are for daytime entertaining and picnicing. We meandered our way back home through St. Kilda and had some lunch. Sunny all day 'til we got caught in a rainstorm on the way home! Melbourne's is like Texas weather.....just wait 5 minutes and it'll change.
Much love, AMC

The Great Ocean Road

Today- Thursday the 20th, Mark and I drove part of the Great Ocean Road. It was stormy the whole way down so we drove to Lorne and headed back. We went to several towns and Qdos, an art gallery/ hotel in Lorne. They have several sculptures on the grounds, paintings, photography, a ceramics studio and pond. Then we went to "Teddy's Lookout" where the view of the ocean, hills, road and river were amazing.