Why did the koala cross the road?

to get to the other side! It was one of the most amazing things you've ever seen!

After a few days in Sydney, the Murray's headed to Melbourne to finally get the chance to see where we actually lived. Dad wanted to see waves, Mom - penguins, Denise - koals and Lauren...the GAOL! Sunday afternoon we headed to Phillip Island to see the fairy penguins coming in from the ocean. Once the sunset, hundreds of little penguins started body surfing onto the beach and headed into their burrows. What a funny phenomenon! Then later in the week we headed back down the Great Ocean Road which hugs the Southern Coast of the country. First stop, Bells Beach. It is winter and the waves were thunderous.

As we continued on our drive, we remembered that we had seen some Kolas in the Eculyptus forest on the side of the road so we stopped and hoped we would get lucky again. Well lucky doesn't even begin to describe what we were...we had a once in a life time experience. We were looking up at the trees at the sleeping koalas, then all of a sudden we turned to look across the street and there was a koala, walking across the street!! We had to flag down a car so they wouldn't hit it and before long about 20 people had stopped to check out the action. The koala wasn't even phased. He walked right by everyone and up another tree. WOW!

http://picasaweb.google.com/lissmurr/GreatOceanRoadWithTheMurrays