Steven sent me this picture

The Petronas Towers. Hope they are having a great time!

This year's apple crop

The ones in the colander are the windfalls. Not a bad crop for the second year from our little tree.

Wombat at Wilson's Prom

Forgot to post this picture I took at Wilson's Promontory. This little wombat was snuffling around at dusk. The picture's been tweaked so you can see things better, as it was fairly dark when it was taken. 

Beautiful sunset at Lake Eildon

We found some good weather and good campsites on our way back to Sydney for our flight. This is in the Lake Eildon National Park. 

The moon

The moon's a funny way up compared to back home 

Aborigine cave art

The hand-stencilling was done by mixing ochre from near-by deposits with liquid, filling the mouth, and blowing it over the hand. 

Emus by the road side

A fellow camper had told us we wouldn't see emus, not a chance, no, not in all his years of camping, and he loves the outdoors, he does, can't get enough of it.
We saw about 30 all told, on our trip ...
The guy can't have been looking very hard! 

MacKenzie Falls

The weather brightened up as we got nearer the falls, so Denise could come out from under her GORE-TEX. 

Wallaby at MacKenzie falls car park

This little wallaby started grazing right outside the van just after I went back to change my jumper. This is one of several shots I took. It's slightly zoomed, so it's a little fuzzy. 

Australia has a fabulous climate ...

Not in the state of Victoria in spring, it doesn't. Here is Denise preparing for a walk to the MacKenzie falls 

Kangaroo Tails in flower

The stalk is covered by tiny flowers. The stalk itself is very woody. 

After the fire

A huge forest fire, caused by a lightning strike at Mount Lubra, decimated much of the Grampians National Park in January this year. Bush fire is a natural part of Australian life, so many plants have adapted to survive. After any bush fire, these Kangaroo's Tail plants take advantage of conditions. They can grow very large, up to 3 or 4 metres in height. 

Into the Grampian Mountains

After doing a bit of whale watching in Warrnambool, we headed up into the Grampians National Park. This is a view of Lake Wartook from the Boroka lookout 

Loch Ard Gorge

There were a lot of Scottish names in this area ... 

Closer to the Bay of Martyrs formations

 

The Bay of Martyrs

This is a digitally zoomed image of the Bay from a distance, hence the slight pixellation of the image. It shows the extraordinary impact of this formation, and the flat tops also show how the stacks were once part of the land, with the soft rock worn away by the sea's action. These islands will probably ,eventually, end up very similar to the Twelve Apostles.

The Grotto's arch

And this is the view you get when you get down to the bottom of the Grotto. 

The Grotto

The Grotto was formed by a combination of sea and landwater erosion. Water seeping from the land round about assisted the sea in carving out this hollow and arch. The arch area can be accessed by the stairway that the nice Victoria Parks people put in. 

London Bridge

This formation is called London Bridge. There used to be another arch, connecting it to the land, but some time ago, this fell down, leaving two people stranded on the remaining section out to sea. Lucky they weren't standing on top of the first bit, then. It took several hours to rescue them.  

The Arch

This is the Arch on the Great Ocean Road. A classic piece of nature's sculpture. 

The 12 Apostles on the Great Ocean Road

There are thousands of pictures of these rock stacks, but these are mine, to prove I was there!. The weather was a bit overcast, not ideal for picture-taking, or for standing around for too long, come to that, but it did make for some dramatic shots. 

Wilderness camping at Sharpe's Track, Lorne

For some reason, my internet connection stopped working while we were in Oz, so I couldn't upload any pictures. Now I'm back, I'll put up some more, starting with this one.

This was just outside Lorne, heading down to the Great Ocean Road after leaving Phillip Island. You would never guess that this was just a few kilometers from a town. The road from Lorne climbed steeply into the Eastern end of the Great Otway National Park, became narrower and rougher, and ended at this water hole. You could go further with a 4WD vehicle, but, able as our van was, it was no off-roader! It was here that we heard our first Koala bear roar. I was glad we'd been warned about this terrifying sound, otherwise we'd have thought we were about to meet a grizzly, not a koala bear ...