~ Fishing weekend ~

G'day mates!

November started with a a simply brilliant fishing weekend! :-)

We were down on the Mornington Peninsula, the eastern side of Melbourne's bay. We went fishing in Western Port Bay on the first day and then on the eastern side of Port Phillip Bay.

1st day: Tracey caught the first snapper...

... then Vince got one as well ;-)

A Barracuda... and what it does to your rod... :p

Lovely warm & sunny day - smiley faces - beer - chillaxing - tasty dinner

2nd day: beachwalk @ Schnapper Point with cute aussie beach boxes

3rd day: sharky-time!!

Vince's gummy shark (ended up as very yummi fish & chips)...

... and Lachlan's Port Jackson shark (was allowed to go back because he's protected)

some atmospheric shots at the end...

~ Zip Lining & Tree Top Walk @ Otway ~

Hello again,

had a fun-filled weekend with a lovely bunch of people in the Great Otway National Park and its rainforest... giving their new eco adventure a go - Zip Lining!! :)

Enjoy - we did *haha*

in full gear & ready to fly after some safetey instructions

... and here they come! (top: Danica & bottom: Vince)

Happy, crazy, funny, lovely people - Vince, Danica, Ben & Troy alias Outback - enjoying the Otway Treetop Adventures & the beautiful rainforest flora

VIDEO of the flying adventurers (starting with Benny, then Vince & Danica):

our camping grounds @ Cape Otway - 'camping under Koalas'

The next day: lunchbreak @ the beach in Lorne... and we had to share our fish & chips with crazy cockatoos :p

~ Home and around... ~

Hi guys,

sorry, I´ve been fairly lazy with my blog over the last weeks, which is also because I am actually 'just' here in Snake Valley / Ballarat / Melbourne at the moment, home and around... simply living here in my second home down under :-)

Anyway, I try to make a bit more of an effort again to keep you all updated ;-)

Here you go with some photos from the last time here... as MY Koalafication mission is not completed yet *hehe*

Catch ya later!

Home and around... with Womble & Rexi :)

A day trip to Daylesford

Melbourne hang with Simon, Cam, Eliott & Milly

Bonfire BBQ at home - "spirits in the night" :)

Beautiful sunset impressions

~ 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...