Down Under in Melbourne Australia

The Pergandes arrived in Melbourne Australia on Friday, April 4th to visit the Menzies family. Grandma Harriet was also visiting the Menzies at this time. We had an absolute amazing visit! Daddy got to practice his guitar with the experienced Uncle David, while enjoying David's home brewed Australian beers.



On Saturday, we ventured to Phillips Island. The kids enjoyed playing in the surf, where Presley and Hannah got rolled over by some incoming waves. We also visited the Nobbies, where we walked along the causeway and were lucky to see real baby miniature fairy penguins waiting for their parents to bring food back from the ocean.




On Sunday, we ventured to Healesville Sanctuary, where the kids got to get face to face with Austrailan animals like the koala, kangaroo, tasmanian devil, and the very pointy echidina ("Ouch" says Canyon).


And no trip to Australia would be complete without a trip to the doctor. On Monday April 7th, Canyon "fell" off a "surf board" in a local park and broke both his radius and ulnar. Canyon has the ultimate souvenir from Australia!