Melbourne and Stella : )

Well, we are finally home!! We had a fantastic time on the trip (minus the whole key debacle). The Great Ocean Road had to be my favorite part of the entire trip. The entire drive was absolutely beautiful and we had amazing weather!

After the drive on the Great Ocean Road we headed up to Melbourne for three nights. We spent our time touring around the city going to the Queen Victoria Markets, Southbank, the Royal Botanical Gardens and St. Kilda, where we stayed. St. Kilda is a cute young area of Melbourne, tons of backpackers, great places to eat and right on the water. The photos of the boats with the city in the background is from St. Kilda pier.

While we were in Melbourne I convinced Charlie to wonder into a pet shop with me... we walked out with a tiny little puppy : ) Haha! The newest addition to the Schwarze family is a 9 week old Boxer Kelpie mix. Kelpies are an Australian breed. They are well mannered, medium sized family dogs. We named our cute little thing Stella.

It was definitely a long journey home with Stella with us. We stayed at a pet-friendly hotel on our stop back (we had to detour to pick up Charlie's car of course). We finally made it home yesterday. We are all resting up and happy to be home.

Here are some photos... sorry for the short post.


Love you all! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Southern Coast Trip 2008 - 3