Mid-Semester Break Holiday

Passing through Wagga Wagga

New Parliament House, Canberra

The National Art Gallery, Canberra

Us with the mace at Old Parliament House, Canberra

The War Memorial, Canberra

The Wall of Remembrance

The final entry. For now.

A true backpacker's breakfast while waiting for the coach - we tore apart a milk carton to make knives

That's a real Oscar in the case

One of the delightful old arcades in Melbourne

The Parliament building in Melbourne. Photo was taken mostly to prove that those lamp posts really do exist.

The Lonley Planet told us to go to toilet on the 35th floor of the Sofitel building. This is why.

Neighbour's night

Little Wattlebird in the Botanic Gardens

Our night out at the Crown Casino. Photos in the casino itself are illegal, so this one had to do.

Driving to Phillip Island. Yup, that's me behind the wheel. On the right (of the car, not the road).

On Churchill Island, just off Phillip Island

Me with a koala at the Koala Conservatory

Vikki in the mangrove forest at Rhyll Inlet

Me with Vikki at the Nobbies

The Blowhole, near the Nobbies. Much more impressive in person. The waves splash up in such a way that it looks like spray from a whale's blowhole.

The South Coast of Phillip Island, our last stop before the Penguin Parade.

The most exciting thing about Torquay, our first stop on the Great Ocean Road. Stand at the eagle's body by the current month and your shadow indicates the time.

Bell's Beach, a stop on the World Tour (for surfing if you hadn't guessed)

Erskine Falls

Driving the Great Ocean Road. A part that's not next to ocean, actually.

Vikki fascinated by a tree on Mait's Rainforest Walk.

Me with another tree on the Rainforest Walk

We made it. Sunset at the Twelve Apostles

Ok, the Apostles are actually in this one

The colours just got more intense and amazing as time went on. Got a bit chilly though.

Me on the beach in St. Kilda. It was our last afternoon and we were just goofing around.

Alright, we were also enjoying the view.

For James: the train station we arrived at. The Telstra Dome for the AFL can also be seen.

The Melbourne nightline.

Ching and Vikki relaxing by the fireplace in the hostel on our last night.