Sovereign Hill sets as an early goldfield in Ballarat  we did successfully discovered some gold dust!  people wearing the 1800's costumes in the mai...

Today we had our long journey on the Great Ocean Road, to the famous 12 Apostles  Geelong, the first stop on the way  lunch picnic - burger, fish & chips, coke...delic...

On the way to the vineyards, we stopped by a small town in the morning  At the beach, we met a bunch of cute naked boys.. they were playing happily with the water & sand&nb...

We wanted to see the Australia's unique kangaroo & koala, so we visited the zone.  But to our disappointment, we didn't see any koala here as they were hiding & sle...

As the capitol of Australia, Canberra gave me a completely different impression from Melbourne & Sidney.  To me, it's a quiet, a bit serious place.Parliament ...

the highlight of Sidney -- Fish Market!!  this is the only place that would bring me back to Sidney again, i guess....  oysters freshly opened everyday.  we enjoy...

This is the apartment we stayed in Palm Cove of Cairns, around 10/15-min drive from downtown.  Pretty nice place!A view from the balcony already gives you a rainforest feel...

So unfortunately that the day we went to the Great Barrier Reef was a rainy day... so we could only see the dull blue water.  still able to see lots of fish & coral reef, b...

We went for a short walk in another rainforest  in the afternoon the guys went fishing... here were their catch, a total of 22 fish!of course they became our dinner!

Surprisingly there are many spas near our service apartment, and there is also the famous Angsana Spa here!!!  We definitely didn't want to miss the chance to enjo...