Organ Pipes

Ben has been talking about driving to Organ Pipes National Park for the last month and a half as if we didn't do it NOW it would never happen. So when the Queen gave us the day off on Monday, we decided What better time? We are fortunate here in the state of Victoria to have quite an extensive national and state park system, some of the best in all of Australia, which is saying a lot in a country the size of the United States.

The one-hour drive was easy enough - not a lot of traffic it being a holiday - and upon arrival, we discovered what has to be the smallest national park in the world. Teeny-tiny-ness notwithstanding, we hiked the entire place in an hour and had a fun time doing it. And as always, the Australian wildlife was on hand to up the excitement.

"Hey, what's over there in the bushes?"

Supposedly wallabies are shy. Not this old man. He was there at the beginning of the trail and he was still chilling out in the same spot an hour later as we were leaving. It was nice to finally get to witness a whole specimen after all the retreating tails we've seen.

Satisfaction. We can tick this place off our list.

Check out that fabulous rock formation behind the chick with the absolutely horrific hair!

Rosette Rock

Abe being Abe.

Hank being Hank.

Tessellated pavement. Pretty cool stuff.

No. I am not pregnant. Unfortunately, some jackets create that appearance. Just thought I'd get that out there for those of you that continue to wonder.

Hey, aren't those kids good looking?

So it was a nice morning. Seeing the wallaby was a good thing (we saw some roos as well, but heck, they're everywhere and not shy at all) as we were disappointed once again by the no-show platypus and echidna. WE WILL FIND YOU SOMEDAY. Mark my words.