Archive for June 23rd, 2009

Blue Ribbons for Sleeping = Koalas

Koala Bears sleep on average 20 hours a day.  They spend the other 4 eating euqualyptus leaves and doing fancy tricks for the plethra of spectators gazing up at them from below.

Here is a video of a koala showing off his sweet skills and taking care of a little itch while hes at it….

Click to Watch Koala Magic

The Grampians

After our wine tasting adventures in Adelaide, we headed inland in search of a few rugged hikes in the Grampians Natinoal Park.  We stayed at a caravan park in Halls Gap which is located in the middle of the park.  The cool thinkg about this camping area is the abundance of kangaroos lounging right next to your camper.  One was even brave enough to atempt to take his share of our neighbors’ food.  He was jumping up into them a bit and they were forced to defend themselves with a broom.  We watched all this from the comfort of our sweet ride “The Maui Mobile”.

The next morning we got up and headed on a couple hour hike up to the Pinnacle which is a rock outcrop protruding from the top of a mountain.  Its a beautiful hike up through a narrow rocky canyon.

Here are some pictures from our time in the Grampians….

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