~ Koalafication - Mission completed: Grampians National Park & Great Ocean Road ~

Hi friends and family,

Andy and I had one more trip planned before he buggered off back to Germany... and we left this one till the very last: a road trip through the Grampians National Park and along The Great Ocean Road - in the speedy little MX5 that we 'stole' from Vince for a few days!! =)

To borrow from the Blues Brothers here:
Claudia: "It's 750 km to Halls Gap, we got a full tank of petrol, half a pack of cigarettes, a glovebox of chokkies, we're two Bavarians... and we're driving a convertable - roof-off - on the left-hand side of the road.
Andy: "Hit it! ... and give it some bloody juice, sister!"

Grampians National Park

Boroka Lookout

Reeds Lookout & The Balconies

MacKenzie Falls

The Great Ocean Road

Bay of Islands

The Grotto

London Bridge

The Razorback

Two Survivors

Twelve Apostles

A few last impressions from our road trip and a video Andy took while we were cruising along The Great Ocean Road

Great Ocean Road Video (Ninja Soundtrack for Andy)

Great Ocean Road Video (Blues Brothers Soundtrack)

~ Koalafication - part 6: Octoberfest Down Under & Souvereign Hill ~

Don't worry guys, we didn't forget that the Octoberfest just started in Munich... so we enjoyed our own one here!!
We invited a few friends over and had a nice barbeque with a huge bonfire in the garden and also went to Melbourne for the Royal Melbourne Show for some more "folk-festival-feeling", food, shows, rides and lollies ;-)

Also, we explored the City of Ballarat during it's gold rush times and therefor visited Sovereign Hill.

Anderl & me in our Bavarian Tracht and we even found prober-sized beer glasses =)

The Royal Melbourne Show

...with plenty of attractions such as all the animals (they have to compete and get judged etc. ...)

... crazy high-speed rides *jippiiiee*

... baking competitions - look at all these nice little biscuits, fantasic cakes and sweet cup-cakes!

... and of course everyone has to get his show-bags!!

Sovereign Hill

A fun-filled day with our friends Cameron & Simon :)
Exploring, lollies, gold-washing...

~ Koalafication - part 5: Sydney ~

Andy & I enjoyed a 3-day trip to Sydney!! :-))

Yup, nice start - not!

It was pouring down rain on our first day... didn't allow us to do much more than shopping, coffee break in between and then more shopping *lol*

The second day was much nicer!

@ Circular Quay in front of the Harbour Bridge and Opera House

Sightseeing tour through the city with guide and a nice bunch of people...

Great atmosphere @ sunset

3rd and last day...

Ferry to Manly

@ Manly Beach