Jeudi, il y a deux semaines, j'avais l'après midi de congé donc je suis partie à bicyclette. J'ai pris la rue de Glen Huntley pour aller au musée de l'Holocaust (à environ 30 minutes), c'était très intéressant mais aussi triste. J'ai ensuite bicyclée un autre 15 minutes pour me rendre à la baie et jusqu'à St-Kilda. Je me suis aussi arrêtée au Jardin Botanique de St-Kilda. Il y avait un beau jardin de rose, des vieux hommes jouant l'échec et plusieurs se relaxant sur la pelouse.
Vendredi nous sommes aller au Casino de Melbourne, les 2 revenants sans avoir perdu de l'argent.
Samedi: Il faisait tellement chaud. Nous avons pris le Tram pour aller au Jardin Botanique Royal, en arrêtant au mémorial de guerre. Les jardins étaients spectaculaire et immence (des jardins australiens, chinois, de cactus et encore plus). On s'est ensuite dirigées vers Federation square pour célébrer Diwali, il y avait des chants et danses indiens ainsi que de la nourriture.
Dimanche: Un BBQ chez un ami de Leslie au sud de Melbourne tout près de la plage.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
a weekend to remember
Sunday morning we got up early and left for the Grampians (on the list of 1001 natural wonders of the world). Took a train from Southern cross station (melbourne) to Ararat, bus from Ararat to Stawell, Bus from Stawell to Halls Gap (main town in the Grampians, has a population of 300 people.). The Grampians is a national park and renown around the world for its rock climbing (which we learnt from rock climbers staying at Tims place (hostel). We arrived @ 12 and luckily the bus driver for the last part of the trip had 
hiked the area a few million times so advised us where to go. We followed his advice and took all 3 hikes he suggested. The first one, about 8kms, was through a valley following a stream to the Brambuk national park and cultural center. along the way we saw a ton of kangaroos and also 3 emus. The emus chased the kangaroos. We also saw 2 red bellied snakes (apparently posoinous), a superb fairy wren, and 2 shingleback skinks (that made me eeek). We then walked back to Tims place and after a little rest headed to Chatauqua Peak for a magnificent vue of the valley and stopped at Clematis falls on the way (not much water was flowing down). Along this walk Leslie spotted an Echidnae and we also saw 2 more shingleback skinks (which again caused me to yelp). The day was topped off with watching a game of Cricket (first time i sat down and tried to understand what was going on).... but the highlight was the fact that there were about 15 kangaroos hanging out on the field (some with babies in their pouches) just chilling there... and were only alarmed if the ball went there way and someone ran into the crowd of kangas to get the ball.
At night we chatted with people from our hostel from all over, cambodia, sweden, france, belgium and a few from Australia.
We woke up early Sunday morning, tasted some vegemite from John (the man tending to the hostel while Tim was in Paris) and started our hike to the pinacle (about 10km from where we were staying). This hike brought us through the Halls Gap botanical gardens, Venus Baths and Splitters falls before arr
iving to the Wonderland car park where most people start the hike. The first part of the hike led us through a beautiful canyon, the rest was quite steep but we took the long way up (passed the pinnacle because what you're following is arrows on the rocks... which can be confusing), and took in a breath taking views from the top. We took the shorter but steeper hike down.We then indulged on pizza and fries after feeling like we'd done more exercise than we have the whole almost 2 months we've been here and then took the long ride home. what a splendid weekend.
hiked the area a few million times so advised us where to go. We followed his advice and took all 3 hikes he suggested. The first one, about 8kms, was through a valley following a stream to the Brambuk national park and cultural center. along the way we saw a ton of kangaroos and also 3 emus. The emus chased the kangaroos. We also saw 2 red bellied snakes (apparently posoinous), a superb fairy wren, and 2 shingleback skinks (that made me eeek). We then walked back to Tims place and after a little rest headed to Chatauqua Peak for a magnificent vue of the valley and stopped at Clematis falls on the way (not much water was flowing down). Along this walk Leslie spotted an Echidnae and we also saw 2 more shingleback skinks (which again caused me to yelp). The day was topped off with watching a game of Cricket (first time i sat down and tried to understand what was going on).... but the highlight was the fact that there were about 15 kangaroos hanging out on the field (some with babies in their pouches) just chilling there... and were only alarmed if the ball went there way and someone ran into the crowd of kangas to get the ball.At night we chatted with people from our hostel from all over, cambodia, sweden, france, belgium and a few from Australia.
We woke up early Sunday morning, tasted some vegemite from John (the man tending to the hostel while Tim was in Paris) and started our hike to the pinacle (about 10km from where we were staying). This hike brought us through the Halls Gap botanical gardens, Venus Baths and Splitters falls before arr
iving to the Wonderland car park where most people start the hike. The first part of the hike led us through a beautiful canyon, the rest was quite steep but we took the long way up (passed the pinnacle because what you're following is arrows on the rocks... which can be confusing), and took in a breath taking views from the top. We took the shorter but steeper hike down.We then indulged on pizza and fries after feeling like we'd done more exercise than we have the whole almost 2 months we've been here and then took the long ride home. what a splendid weekend.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
happenings.
Thursday I had the afternoon off and I headed off on a wonderful bike Ride. I headed down gange road to Glen Huntley and then down Glen Huntley until i got the Jewish Holocaust museum (about 30 minutes), it was very interesting and also very depressing. I then biked another 15 minutes down to the water front and fallowed a lovely bike path along the bay to St-Kilda where i cut accross and headed up Calisle... at this point i
was slightly lost because i had no idea if this street came out on the princes hwy. but i hoped for the best and ended up making it home without to much trouble, on the way i stopped a the st-kilda botanical gardens. The gardens had a lovely rose garden, and there was a giant chess board where old men were playing, surrounded by tables where other old men were playing while having a beer. the park was buzzing with ppl relaxing in the park. Another highlight, Leslie and I made panang yummmm.!
Friday we went to the casino which was gorgeous and fun intself, bonus we both came back without having lost any money.
Saturday: Mainly, it was HOT, so hot and the sun was shinning. Anyway we took the tram to the Royal botanica
l gardens, making a stop at the war memorial. The gardens were beautiful and gigantic (theres australian gardens, chinese, cactus and so much more, we will have to return to explore more when everything is in bloom.). We then made our way to Fed. square because there was suppose to be Diwali celebrations, we had to wait a while though and refueled on tons of water, we later saw a dance and musical performance (this was after baring through a clown act... and a laughing group act (ho ho hahaha). For dinner some canadians from calgary we met at the botanical gardens when i was there with the kids came over for dindin, mmmm we stuffed our faces again.
Sunday: Ventured to Edithvale (south east along the bay) for Leslies friends god brothers bbq... yes we had never met them and they were quite a bit older but it was still tons of fun. Leslie and I picked up some wine and headed over for some great food and nice chats with ppl from the u.s, hong kong, malaysia, singapore, and a few australians. all in all a good time was had. Returned home for some sex and the city the movie and delicious lava cake.
was slightly lost because i had no idea if this street came out on the princes hwy. but i hoped for the best and ended up making it home without to much trouble, on the way i stopped a the st-kilda botanical gardens. The gardens had a lovely rose garden, and there was a giant chess board where old men were playing, surrounded by tables where other old men were playing while having a beer. the park was buzzing with ppl relaxing in the park. Another highlight, Leslie and I made panang yummmm.!Friday we went to the casino which was gorgeous and fun intself, bonus we both came back without having lost any money.
Saturday: Mainly, it was HOT, so hot and the sun was shinning. Anyway we took the tram to the Royal botanica
l gardens, making a stop at the war memorial. The gardens were beautiful and gigantic (theres australian gardens, chinese, cactus and so much more, we will have to return to explore more when everything is in bloom.). We then made our way to Fed. square because there was suppose to be Diwali celebrations, we had to wait a while though and refueled on tons of water, we later saw a dance and musical performance (this was after baring through a clown act... and a laughing group act (ho ho hahaha). For dinner some canadians from calgary we met at the botanical gardens when i was there with the kids came over for dindin, mmmm we stuffed our faces again.Sunday: Ventured to Edithvale (south east along the bay) for Leslies friends god brothers bbq... yes we had never met them and they were quite a bit older but it was still tons of fun. Leslie and I picked up some wine and headed over for some great food and nice chats with ppl from the u.s, hong kong, malaysia, singapore, and a few australians. all in all a good time was had. Returned home for some sex and the city the movie and delicious lava cake.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Plage Brighton, les Jardin botanique, Williamstown et les Dandenongs
premièrement des photos: j'ai ajouté des photos à cet album : http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2201759&l=26939&id=121500314
et un nouvel album ici :
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La semaine dernière, était la dernière semaine avec que les grands-parents partent. Jeudi nous sommes aller au cours de soccer de Wyatt et ensuite à la plage Brighton, c'est une très belle plage, mais plutôt à cause des maisons pour les bateau qui sont tous peinturer, sinon la plage était couverte de méduses et j'au aussi vu un "blowfish" sur la plage. Le prochain arrêt était les jardins botanique de Melbourne, je vais devoir retourner car j'ai passer mon après midi dans la section des jeunes. il y avait une fontaine qui se jettait dans une petite rivière ou les jeunes pouvaient marcher, de plus il y avait un petit jungle. Les enfants se sont amuser... et moi aussi.
Samedie Leslie et moi sommes allées à Williamstown, situé au sud est du centre-ville, le long de la baie. Cette ville avait comme intention de devenir la capital, donc elle a été établit pour cela en 1837, mais il n'y avait pas suffisament d'eau douce donc ils ont décicé que Melbourne serait plus apte comme centre. Nous nous somme prommené le long de la baie, aller à la place, le jardin botanique (ou on a vue un marriage)
Dimanche nous avons pris le subway au parc national Dandenong, une fois arrivé on a pris le chemain de 1000 marche (aussi connu sous le nom de Kokoda trail), une piste apique a travers une forêt dense et remplis de fougère.
Cette semaine j'ai été très occupé avec les enfants, Mel s'occupait d'entraîner 4 équipes de "ultimate frisbee", et elle et Jeff joue au ultimate frisbee les lundi et mercredi soir.Mais ça va, j'aime m'occuper des enfants, aller au parc et à la bilbiothèque.
C'est tout pour maintenant.
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et un nouvel album ici :
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2203470&l=0f31b&id=121500314
La semaine dernière, était la dernière semaine avec que les grands-parents partent. Jeudi nous sommes aller au cours de soccer de Wyatt et ensuite à la plage Brighton, c'est une très belle plage, mais plutôt à cause des maisons pour les bateau qui sont tous peinturer, sinon la plage était couverte de méduses et j'au aussi vu un "blowfish" sur la plage. Le prochain arrêt était les jardins botanique de Melbourne, je vais devoir retourner car j'ai passer mon après midi dans la section des jeunes. il y avait une fontaine qui se jettait dans une petite rivière ou les jeunes pouvaient marcher, de plus il y avait un petit jungle. Les enfants se sont amuser... et moi aussi.
Samedie Leslie et moi sommes allées à Williamstown, situé au sud est du centre-ville, le long de la baie. Cette ville avait comme intention de devenir la capital, donc elle a été établit pour cela en 1837, mais il n'y avait pas suffisament d'eau douce donc ils ont décicé que Melbourne serait plus apte comme centre. Nous nous somme prommené le long de la baie, aller à la place, le jardin botanique (ou on a vue un marriage)
Dimanche nous avons pris le subway au parc national Dandenong, une fois arrivé on a pris le chemain de 1000 marche (aussi connu sous le nom de Kokoda trail), une piste apique a travers une forêt dense et remplis de fougère.
Cette semaine j'ai été très occupé avec les enfants, Mel s'occupait d'entraîner 4 équipes de "ultimate frisbee", et elle et Jeff joue au ultimate frisbee les lundi et mercredi soir.Mais ça va, j'aime m'occuper des enfants, aller au parc et à la bilbiothèque.
C'est tout pour maintenant.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
explor-age
first some more pictures wooo:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2201759&l=26939&id=121500314
hmm things have been quite busy lately. last week, the last day Joanne and John were here we first went to socatime joeys with Wyatt then we headed for a picnic at Brighton beach.. a gorgeous beach near here... ok maybe not gorgeous but very picturesqu
e due to the row of colorfull boathouses.. the beach itself is covered in jellyfish and there was also a blow fish.
Next stop was the Melbourne botanical gardens, which i will have to go explore some more because i only spent time in the kids section, which was awesome in itself. It's a nice enclosed area that has a fountain that trickles in to a man made tiny river the kids can wander in, there is also a jungle with tall bamboo they can run through.... the kids enjoyed themselves, as did I.
Friday night leslie and i tried to get out of the house, we ventured to L'olivo, Julias desert pizza restaurant she praised, it was very delicious... tons of chocolate and sugar and strawberry's mmmm.
Saturday Leslie and I went out to Williamstown, just a short train ride south-west of downtown Melbourne, in the bay. It was intended to be the capital of the colony, and the town was laid with that in mind in 1837, but a lack of adequate fresh water ment they had to change the city center to Melbourne.Anyway we did many of the walks around the town, saw many historic buildings, walked out to the pier with a nice view on the downtown, and hung out near the shore and on the beach.
Sunday we took a lonnnnggggg subway ride out to the Dandenong ranges (a part of the subway line was closed so we had to take a bus to a stop further down and then jump back on the subway). anyway once there we walked up to the national park and took the 1000 step walk (also know as the Kokoda walk), a steep walk up the mountain through a rainforesty forest, full of ferns and colorful birds. this hike is designed to tell the story of how the Australian soldiers defeated the Japanese Army on the Kokoda trail through signs. it was a very nice but tiring walk. Tired we made our way back home.
This week i have been very busy with the kids, Mel is coaching ultimate frisbee at 4 different schools this week, and her and Jeff also play monday and wednesday night. It's fine though, I enjoy spending lots of time with the kids, going to the park and the library.
Yesterday I went to pick up my pictures that i had gotten developed to put all over my room.. now my room is almost complete. I shall take some pictures of it soon so you guys can see what my living area looks like.
that is all for now.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2201759&l=26939&id=121500314
hmm things have been quite busy lately. last week, the last day Joanne and John were here we first went to socatime joeys with Wyatt then we headed for a picnic at Brighton beach.. a gorgeous beach near here... ok maybe not gorgeous but very picturesqu
e due to the row of colorfull boathouses.. the beach itself is covered in jellyfish and there was also a blow fish.Next stop was the Melbourne botanical gardens, which i will have to go explore some more because i only spent time in the kids section, which was awesome in itself. It's a nice enclosed area that has a fountain that trickles in to a man made tiny river the kids can wander in, there is also a jungle with tall bamboo they can run through.... the kids enjoyed themselves, as did I.
Friday night leslie and i tried to get out of the house, we ventured to L'olivo, Julias desert pizza restaurant she praised, it was very delicious... tons of chocolate and sugar and strawberry's mmmm.
Saturday Leslie and I went out to Williamstown, just a short train ride south-west of downtown Melbourne, in the bay. It was intended to be the capital of the colony, and the town was laid with that in mind in 1837, but a lack of adequate fresh water ment they had to change the city center to Melbourne.Anyway we did many of the walks around the town, saw many historic buildings, walked out to the pier with a nice view on the downtown, and hung out near the shore and on the beach.
Sunday we took a lonnnnggggg subway ride out to the Dandenong ranges (a part of the subway line was closed so we had to take a bus to a stop further down and then jump back on the subway). anyway once there we walked up to the national park and took the 1000 step walk (also know as the Kokoda walk), a steep walk up the mountain through a rainforesty forest, full of ferns and colorful birds. this hike is designed to tell the story of how the Australian soldiers defeated the Japanese Army on the Kokoda trail through signs. it was a very nice but tiring walk. Tired we made our way back home.
This week i have been very busy with the kids, Mel is coaching ultimate frisbee at 4 different schools this week, and her and Jeff also play monday and wednesday night. It's fine though, I enjoy spending lots of time with the kids, going to the park and the library.
Yesterday I went to pick up my pictures that i had gotten developed to put all over my room.. now my room is almost complete. I shall take some pictures of it soon so you guys can see what my living area looks like.
that is all for now.
french-great ocean et painGOUIN
La semaine dernière je suis allée visité le Zoo de Melbourne avec une de mes passes. Il y avait plusieurs animaux, il me reste maintenant qu'a les voir dans la nature. Le zoo était pas mal grand, la partie qui m'a le plus impréssioné était toutes les espèces de singes.
Vendredi nous avons fait la tournée de Philip Island. situé environt 2 heures de Melbourne, mais nous avons visité plusieurs places en allant. premire arrêt, une vignoble ou nous avons testé 6 différent type de vin. Ensuite nous sommes aller à un sanctuaire d'animaux australian ou nous avons pu toucher un Wombat, nous avons aussi vu un bébé wallaby, bébé kangaroo et un bébé koala.
Par contre, il a plue et il faisait froid toutes la journés. Une fois arrivé a l'île phillipe nous sommes arrêté à une plage, mais il faisait trop froid donc on est pas resté longtemps. On est aussi aller à une place appeler les Nobbies ou tu peux observer des phoques. Notre dernier arrêt, le plus important était poir voir la marché des petits penguins. Le soir, cers 6:30, quand le soleil se couche les petits penguin sortent de l'eau en parcourant la plage pour aller se nicher dans le gazons. c'était très mignon. on avait pas le droit de prendre des photos, mais voici un site web des penguins. http://www.lovetravel.com.au/photo/Phillip/2535_night%20penguins_web.jpg)
Samedi dernier nous avons perdu une heure, donc nous sommes maintenant 15 heures de différences, et lorsque vois avancer d'une heure il y aura 16 heures de différences.
Samedi on est aller magaziner sur Glen Ferry road.
Dimanche j'ai fait le great ocean road avec Mel, Joanne et John. On est partie à 7:30am pour parcourir le trajet le long de la côte. Premier arrêt, Torque, ou il y avait plusieurs magazins de surfs. Le long du trajet on a vue une baleine au loin. Le prochain village ou on est arrêté est Lorne, ou il y a un beau chemin de restaurant le long de l'océan. Sur le bord de la route nous avons vus environ 7 Koala dans les arbres. À Loack Ard gorge on a vue un phoque. Prochain arrêt Apolly Bay,ensuit nous avons vu le très pictoresque 12 Apostles, Thunder cave et London Arch. On était finalement de retour à 9:30. quel belle journée. voici des photos de la journée.
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http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2199604&l=68a22&id=121500314
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2201122&l=0a686&id=121500314
Vendredi nous avons fait la tournée de Philip Island. situé environt 2 heures de Melbourne, mais nous avons visité plusieurs places en allant. premire arrêt, une vignoble ou nous avons testé 6 différent type de vin. Ensuite nous sommes aller à un sanctuaire d'animaux australian ou nous avons pu toucher un Wombat, nous avons aussi vu un bébé wallaby, bébé kangaroo et un bébé koala.
Par contre, il a plue et il faisait froid toutes la journés. Une fois arrivé a l'île phillipe nous sommes arrêté à une plage, mais il faisait trop froid donc on est pas resté longtemps. On est aussi aller à une place appeler les Nobbies ou tu peux observer des phoques. Notre dernier arrêt, le plus important était poir voir la marché des petits penguins. Le soir, cers 6:30, quand le soleil se couche les petits penguin sortent de l'eau en parcourant la plage pour aller se nicher dans le gazons. c'était très mignon. on avait pas le droit de prendre des photos, mais voici un site web des penguins. http://www.lovetravel.com.au/photo/Phillip/2535_night%20penguins_web.jpg)
Samedi dernier nous avons perdu une heure, donc nous sommes maintenant 15 heures de différences, et lorsque vois avancer d'une heure il y aura 16 heures de différences.
Samedi on est aller magaziner sur Glen Ferry road.
Dimanche j'ai fait le great ocean road avec Mel, Joanne et John. On est partie à 7:30am pour parcourir le trajet le long de la côte. Premier arrêt, Torque, ou il y avait plusieurs magazins de surfs. Le long du trajet on a vue une baleine au loin. Le prochain village ou on est arrêté est Lorne, ou il y a un beau chemin de restaurant le long de l'océan. Sur le bord de la route nous avons vus environ 7 Koala dans les arbres. À Loack Ard gorge on a vue un phoque. Prochain arrêt Apolly Bay,ensuit nous avons vu le très pictoresque 12 Apostles, Thunder cave et London Arch. On était finalement de retour à 9:30. quel belle journée. voici des photos de la journée.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2201759&l=26939&id=121500314
et les autres albums sont ici.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2198855&l=7dc00&id=121500314
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2199604&l=68a22&id=121500314
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2201122&l=0a686&id=121500314
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
I come from the land down under
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http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2201122&l=0a686&id=121500314
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Last week I went to visit the Melbourne zoo with my museum pass. I got to see ton’s more animals not in the wild so I think now I’ve seen enough animals.. I’m just left to spot them in the wild. It was quite a big zoo, all your typical animals and then tons of different types of monkeys :).
Friday we booked a philip island penguin tour which ended up including a lot more than just penguin viewing. We went to a vineyard where we tasted 6 different types of wines, we then ventured to a small Australian sanctuary where we got to touch a wombat and see all the other typical Australian animals. Highlights were seeing a baby wallaby, baby kangaroos in their mommys pouches and a baby koala.
The down side of this trip was it was rainy and cold most of the day. Once at Philip island we went to a beach but didn’t stay for long because no one wanted to get out of the bus, it was still a pretty site though. Then we went to the Nobbies where we has tea and biscuits and walked along the beautiful coast (cliffs and rocky) it is from hear that you can see seals and such but we did not have binoculars.. And I’ve seen my share of seals.
Finally, our last stop was the penguin parade. We wanted good seats so Leslie and I went down by the water around 6, where we sat on a towel which did not help, the penguins only started coming out of the water at 6:30, and by then were were frozen, but it was still one of the cutest things I’ve seen. Little groups of they are called “little penguins” waddling up the beach towards you and then up the hill to their burrows. You could also observe them in their burrows from the board walk, and they were making lots of noise because it is mating season. Finally we headed back for pizza, and left with a small penguin stuffed animal.
(this is what they look like - http://www.lovetravel.com.au/photo/Phillip/2535_night%20penguins_web.jpg)
Saturday night was a time change, we spring forward so it’s is now a 15 hour difference.. And once Canada Falls back an hour it will be a 16 hour difference.
Sunday morning I got up early and headed down the great ocean road with Mel, Joanne and John. We left at 7:30 and our first stop was at Torquay where there are a ton of surf shops. We then continued, stopped at a few viewing points, saw a whale.. Who knows what type. Our next stop was in Lorne where there are a few shops along a street near the water. Mel knew of a place where they had seen koalas in the wild before, so we stopped there and saw about 7 of them, so cute. We also got to see a seal about 2 meters away at Lock Ard Gorge. We stopped at Apollo bay, Thunder Cave, London Arch which are all popular spots along the great ocean road. You can check out my pictures to see what these all look like. We finally made it back to Jeff and the kids at 9:30.. twas a long but beautiful day.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2198855&l=7dc00&id=121500314
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2199604&l=68a22&id=121500314
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2201122&l=0a686&id=121500314
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2201759&l=26939&id=121500314
Last week I went to visit the Melbourne zoo with my museum pass. I got to see ton’s more animals not in the wild so I think now I’ve seen enough animals.. I’m just left to spot them in the wild. It was quite a big zoo, all your typical animals and then tons of different types of monkeys :).
Friday we booked a philip island penguin tour which ended up including a lot more than just penguin viewing. We went to a vineyard where we tasted 6 different types of wines, we then ventured to a small Australian sanctuary where we got to touch a wombat and see all the other typical Australian animals. Highlights were seeing a baby wallaby, baby kangaroos in their mommys pouches and a baby koala.
The down side of this trip was it was rainy and cold most of the day. Once at Philip island we went to a beach but didn’t stay for long because no one wanted to get out of the bus, it was still a pretty site though. Then we went to the Nobbies where we has tea and biscuits and walked along the beautiful coast (cliffs and rocky) it is from hear that you can see seals and such but we did not have binoculars.. And I’ve seen my share of seals.
Finally, our last stop was the penguin parade. We wanted good seats so Leslie and I went down by the water around 6, where we sat on a towel which did not help, the penguins only started coming out of the water at 6:30, and by then were were frozen, but it was still one of the cutest things I’ve seen. Little groups of they are called “little penguins” waddling up the beach towards you and then up the hill to their burrows. You could also observe them in their burrows from the board walk, and they were making lots of noise because it is mating season. Finally we headed back for pizza, and left with a small penguin stuffed animal.
(this is what they look like - http://www.lovetravel.com.au/photo/Phillip/2535_night%20penguins_web.jpg)
Saturday night was a time change, we spring forward so it’s is now a 15 hour difference.. And once Canada Falls back an hour it will be a 16 hour difference.
Sunday morning I got up early and headed down the great ocean road with Mel, Joanne and John. We left at 7:30 and our first stop was at Torquay where there are a ton of surf shops. We then continued, stopped at a few viewing points, saw a whale.. Who knows what type. Our next stop was in Lorne where there are a few shops along a street near the water. Mel knew of a place where they had seen koalas in the wild before, so we stopped there and saw about 7 of them, so cute. We also got to see a seal about 2 meters away at Lock Ard Gorge. We stopped at Apollo bay, Thunder Cave, London Arch which are all popular spots along the great ocean road. You can check out my pictures to see what these all look like. We finally made it back to Jeff and the kids at 9:30.. twas a long but beautiful day.
Semaine touristique (français)
Les deniers jours nous avons fait plusieurs choses touristiques.
Jeudi on est aller au Healesville animal sanctuary. C’est environ un heure et demi nord est de Melbourne. On a conduit dans les Dandenongs ranges pendant que les enfant dormait pour voir la forêts. Ensuite nous sommes aller au zoo, c’était un zoo qui avait seulement des animaux Australia, donc on a finalement pu voir des koalas, toucher des kangaroo, on a vue plusieurs oiseaux et d’autres animaux (dingos, wallaby, wombats, echidna, platypus )
Vendredi nous sommes aller voir la parade du AFL (Australian football league) qui était simplement une ligné des joueurs thes Geelong Cats et Hawthorne Hawks dans des camions Toyota. Mais il y avait quand même une foule de gens qui sont venu voir la parade. On est ensuite aller a Federation square car les performeur dans le musical Wicked étaient supposé chanter, mais en fin de compte nous avons entendu 2 heures pour les voir chanter une chanson . Par la suite on a marché au Queen st Markets et en après midi au 360 Rialto observation deck. Une tour de 253m de haut ou tu peux voir la ville de Melbourne, on est retourné la nuit pour voir la ville avec toutes ses lumières.
Samedi on est aller au Mornington peninsula, une heure de route au sud est de Melbourne. On a passé la journée à la plage avec les enfants. Lorsqu’on est retourné à la maison on a vue la dernière période de la coupe AFL.
Jeudi on est aller au Healesville animal sanctuary. C’est environ un heure et demi nord est de Melbourne. On a conduit dans les Dandenongs ranges pendant que les enfant dormait pour voir la forêts. Ensuite nous sommes aller au zoo, c’était un zoo qui avait seulement des animaux Australia, donc on a finalement pu voir des koalas, toucher des kangaroo, on a vue plusieurs oiseaux et d’autres animaux (dingos, wallaby, wombats, echidna, platypus )
Vendredi nous sommes aller voir la parade du AFL (Australian football league) qui était simplement une ligné des joueurs thes Geelong Cats et Hawthorne Hawks dans des camions Toyota. Mais il y avait quand même une foule de gens qui sont venu voir la parade. On est ensuite aller a Federation square car les performeur dans le musical Wicked étaient supposé chanter, mais en fin de compte nous avons entendu 2 heures pour les voir chanter une chanson . Par la suite on a marché au Queen st Markets et en après midi au 360 Rialto observation deck. Une tour de 253m de haut ou tu peux voir la ville de Melbourne, on est retourné la nuit pour voir la ville avec toutes ses lumières.
Samedi on est aller au Mornington peninsula, une heure de route au sud est de Melbourne. On a passé la journée à la plage avec les enfants. Lorsqu’on est retourné à la maison on a vue la dernière période de la coupe AFL.
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