At the beginning of March, my parents came to visit. They spent a week in Sydney before meeting up with us in Melbourne. We spent the first weekend in Tasmania, which is an island to the south of Melbourne. My parent’s got the presidential suite at their timeshare and it was very nice – two bedrooms, three bathrooms, private hot tub on the patio, and beautiful furniture throughout. It was a perfect way to spend a holiday.
We spent the first day in downtown Hobart, where we shopped at the market, stopped for coffee, wandered around looking at all the old buildings, and ate at a seafood restaurant for dinner. It was a great day!
We also walked along Seven Mile Beach, just across the road from the place we stayed.
The next day, we spent the morning miniature golfing, one of our favourite pastimes :) Then, we visited the Bonorong Wildlife Park where we got to feed the kangaroos – such a cool experience!
We encountered a “talking cockatoo” that we got on video:
And, a cute koala eating his lunch:
To see more of our pictures from the wildlife park, you can click on the album below.
After the wildlife park, we drove up to the top of Mt Wellington – this is one of the lookouts on the way.
When we got to the top it was literally freezing (zero degrees Celsius) and extremely windy. Anthony and I braved the cold and wind to get a few pictures, which was definitely worth it – the view was outstanding.
It was wonderful going back to a nice warm fire and fresh baked cookies, hot out of the oven, after our “chilly” day.
Anthony had to go back early on Monday morning to go to work, but my parents and I stayed the rest of the day. We walked along Seven Mile beach for a little bit before driving from Hobart to Launceston (about a three hour trip). Our last day was the warmest of the three and made for a nice drive.
My Dad driving on the “wrong” side of the road. It’s such a weird feeling the first time, but definitely something to experience!
You can click the album below to see our pictures from the beach.
Once we made it to Launceston, we walked along Cataract Gorge before we flew back to Melbourne. It was a beautiful day and a lovely walk. See the photo album below for more pictures.
One evening back in Melbourne we went on the Colonial Tramcar Restaurant. It’s a five course meal served on a moving tram over three hours of site-seeing around the city. It was a fun experience.
These are the flowers my parents got for me – they were on the table when I got home from work and it was such a pleasant surprise :)
One night, we had dinner at Meat & Wine Co. My parents tried kangaroo for the first time and really enjoyed it. And, no, it doesn’t taste like chicken :) (more like steak actually) 
We had the steak skewer – the biggest skewer I’ve ever seen!
The last day of my parents trip was spent driving the Great Ocean Road. The weather started out nice and sunny and then began raining about half way there. We were a little bummed until my Dad spotted some kangaroos in the wild, which we wouldn’t have been able to see if it was sunny! My parents said this was a highlight for them :)
The day cleared up a bit in the afternoon and ended up being a pleasant day. Here are a few stops along the way.
The “official” sign:
Fairhaven Beach:
Teddy’s Lookout:
Teddy’s Lower Lookout:
Erskine Falls:
We stopped in the town of Lorne on our way back to Melbourne for a drink and a snack – Cheers ~ to a wonderful day!
We saw some more kangaroos in the wild on our way back home, but it was too dark to get any good pictures. We had such a great visit with my parents. Thanks for coming, Dad and Mom – we love you!
