The Land Down Under

Our trip to Australia was too special not to post!  We enjoyed every bit of it...

High above the Brisbane River...  This bridge tour was over 1,100 stairs.  I didn't take this picture.  I was in the park below. I feel almost like I experienced it because of the stories and pictures! 

We had some beach time along the Sunshine Coast.  Beautiful!  And this is their winter!  :)

...and no, my fellow North Dakotans, this is not snow!

We enjoyed stunning views from a house in the Bunya Mountains.  We went on a lovely hike there and had this amazing adventure below...

This was one of my favorite parts of the trip.  It felt really cool to have those beautiful birds so close!

Lana spent a lot of time between her cousins in the back seat.  We did lots of traveling by car.

We tried lots of new fruits - including this beautiful dragon fruit.  Other fruits we tried were:  passion fruit, custard apple, persimmons, papaya, Lady Finger bananas, quince and figs.  Yum!

Here we are at some relative's house - comparing football ways.  Evan went to a tournament to watch Sam play. 

New Friend!

 The moon is different there.  Instead of the Man in the Moon, they have a rabbit!  You can see him hopping on the left side. His ears kind of curve toward the top center of the moon.

We were on Australian ground for two weeks.  The last few days there, we took public transportation to a resort on the coast and had a few days to relax.  Call it tradition - Lana buried Evan in the sand.

At one of the train stations, heading back to Steve's...

And after a night there, we headed for home!  It was a bit strange leaving there in the morning, because we weren't tired until we landed in LA 14 hours later.  So, it was bright day-time, and we were ready to sleep!  Let's just say, it took some time to recover, but the trip was well worth it.  Well worth it...  :)