It's been awhile!! Missing me yet??

Well, it has been awhile since my last post. As my brother so kindly reminded me, how is he supposed to see what I am doing unless I publish. So, I am writing from
The Canberra airport after visiting the Martin's and will do the best to get these posts up in order. I have done a lot since the last post and some things will probably come out of order as Ryan has a lot of the pictures so I may end up doubling up on posts and such do you get all the pictures and stories. I will try and attach a date to the posts so you at least can piece the picture together. I am going to start by finishing off my post on the great ocean road.
Sarah and I rented a car and drove the whole road, originally built as a memorial to world war one soldiers. The road is absolutely beautiful. The great attraction on it is of course the twelve apostles. So, we stopped and did the touristy thing and got on the helicopter. What a wonderful, amazing view and I could not complain with a seat right next to the pilot. I would highly recommend it. Unfortunately, they did not let me fly the helicopter. What a shame. We also went and saw London bridge, which did fall down in the 1990's. Seems like a life time ago doesn't it? And as recommended, we came back to the apostles at sunset. It was brilliant. I think that the photos do it more justice than words can.

Otway Tree Walk

During my great ocean road adventure I stopped and did the tree top walk in the Otway Rain forest. Dad, parts of this you may not have enjoyed, a little high up on swinging objects. It was an anazing that I thoroughly enjoyed. Complete with a prehistoric adventure through the dinosaurs. Some of the trees were absolutely huge in diameter and as tall as 100 meters. Amazing really. It was so much fun to be able to look down at the ferns and be equal
To the top of the trees. The whole walk is about 30 meters off the ground and the tower gets you up to 47 meters off the ground. One of the girls on the walk was grasping quite tightly to the railings with both hands at all times. Notice the structure that sticks out unsupported. Built to support 24 elephants and 30 meters out. Definitely wiggles while you walk. I would rather not be on it with that many elephants.

Australia Road Signs

Hello all!! It's seems to have been awhile since a post. Time flies while you are having fun. I am currently sitting in the Melbourne airport awaiting my flight to Sydney and thought I would try and get a post or two in. I took a road trip along the great ocean road and thought you might appreciate the road signs along the way. Hope you are surviving the blizzard back home.

Australia Day Fireworks

We were fortunate enough to see the fireworks being shot of from atop the building and the river. They were intense and long. Amazing

The cars!!

Too many to put them all up!! Just a taste.

Australia Day down Melbourne Way

Well, being here for Australia Day proved to be a ton of fun and I am glad I was in a major city for it. I started the day by watching the flag raising ceremony and then watched the march of the people. Was very entertained by the boys dressed as kangaroos with giant springs on their feet. How they didn't eat pavement is beyond me. The march of the people was cool. It was of different ethnicities and groups and clubs and then everyone joins in at the end. Then went down to the gardens and enjoyed the events set up. Dad and Ryan you would have enjoyed this for it was a parade of old cars. Some were for sale, should I look into it?!? Then Ann Sophia and I went to the Sidney Myers Bowl for an evening concert before the fireworks before making our way back to fed square to catch the tennis on the big screen.

State Library

Melbourne has a beautiful state library. Complete with free wifi which is currently where I am uploading these posts from since the pictures are on my phone. The library even has a a chess room. Like a room
Designed to play chess in. Beautiful art displays. And a room solely for Australian history.