Headed for Melbourne

We stayed in Sydney just long enough to take care of some business back in the States and to buy a car. After a few days of hassle with used car salesmen, we decided to buy from a private party and had bought "Betsey" as she was affectionately named by the two German girls we bought her from.

Betsey is a 1992 4-wheel drive Subaru Wagon. We had about 15,000 km total of driving ahead of us in Australia, so we had to have a reliable car.

Reminiscent of New Zealand, Australia has it's own 90-Mile Beach.

Phllip Island, only a couple of hours drive from Melbourne, is an animal lovers' paradise - koalas, wallabies, and penguins galore. We went to the Koala Conservation Center, a nature reserve where they have about 40 adult koalas and they conduct research on population dynamics.

Wallabies also find their way onto the Conservation Center grounds.