We hired a private guide, Gary, who along with his young son, Jamie, took us on a 12-hour drive. We experienced the beautiful coastline, The Twelve Apostles, kangaroos hanging out on a golf course fairway and Koala Bears in their natural environment.

In the fall of 2004, our son was an exchange student at the University of Melbourne for a semester, during his junior year at Georgetown University.  Of course, we had to go visit and help him celebrate his 21st birthday, right?