We had an amazing week, although long and lots of travel. For the boys and I, it was vacation within vacation. For Alex, this was his week off of work. He's been doing research at the Australian National University for the past month. We had a full week to do whatever we wanted to- we thought about our options.
1. Drive north to Brisbane, about 15 hours or so from Canberra.
2. Drive 24-30 hours to Uluru, in the Red Center, near Alice Springs (via Adelaide)
3. Drive 8 hours to Melbourne, take a 10-hour ferry ride to Tasmania (for $1000) + rental car and accomodations for a week
4. Drive south through the Victorian High Country, the Grampians, along the Great Ocean Road, and into Melbourne.
We chose option 4, due to strong influence from me to see friends in Melbourne.
Here is our dinky little car we drove, a Toyota Yaris, with almost no trunk (or boot as the Aussie's say). We were jammed in there with the pack 'n play, 3 bags, food, and other stuff.I will try to break our trip down into days. (By the time the photos get done uploading, we may be headed back to the states.)
Saturday: Day 1
We drove about 5.5 hours to the Victorian High Country. We visited the towns of Mt Beauty and Bright. After visiting those two towns we visited Mt. Buffalo National Park (the first national park in Australia).
This was one of the many trees we saw in the area. Most of them had the bark falling off of it. I thought they were very majestic.
This suspension bridge was nearly our 1st stop, in Mt. Beauty. Nathan enjoyed jumping on it. 
It rained most of the 1st day, but that brought this beautiful rainbow in Mt. Buffalo National Park. 
Nathan, with Lady Bath Falls in the background
Me, in front of the (Lower) Eurobin Falls, close enough to get wet from the spray.
After Mt. Buffalo, we drove about an hour to Wangaratta.
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