south australia to melbourne

Adelaide


the central market in Adelaide! we (I) loved it here. so many things to buy, but no kitchen to take them to. brock found a number of delicious cheesey rolls to entertain himself while I visited every stall in the entire market.






me, loving it.



a particularly charming lunch counter where they grow their own sprouts!






on the way out of town... we picked up a fly. who road with us for miles. they are very tame here.



bandicoot and baby. spring is the perfect time to be at the wildlife park because everyone has babies and baby animals are the most cutest.



goose feeding. notice babies in the background.



kangaroo feeding. brock was nervous about getting his fingers eaten off by these vicious things so he was in charge of pictures.



Big kangaroo. Admittedly, I was a little nervous about getting eaten by him. he was like 5 feet tall.



family portrait



aren't they weirdly human?



they sleep on their backs like kitties.



Barossa Valley




brock chasing parrots out of the trees so I could get a photo of them.



which never really worked, but you can see them in the upper left... they're white with pink bellies and they roam the valley in huge flocks. we liked them.



it's very pastoral.



except at our hotel which was on the luxurious side. I do love a good hotel bathrobe.






our super fancy tasting menu with wine pairings dinner at appellation.



notice that MY glass is empty, but i'm happy to help brock finish his.



Brock has adopted the official Hedrick gesture to signify that the end of the meal is nigh (and that WAY too much wine has been drunk)... good old spoon dangling from the nose.



Great Ocean Road


the open road... literally. nothing but hills and sheep farms for hundreds of kilometers, which was really pretty.






a particularly charming farm along the way, though i'm not sure the inhabitants liked my photo intrusion. he was EITHER waving to me from the front door... probably saying "g'day tourist! how honored we are that you find our humble home worthy of your honeymoon documentation!" OR he was shooing me away, like "get the f*ck off my property." one or the other.






Melbourne


we love melbourne!



even though it was raining when we arrived.



a teeny taste of home... everyone loves obama.



and we love this little wine bar. i need one of my own. bad.



allegedly the best "coffee" in melbourne. NOW, best espresso maybe. but see i need a coffee. like a legitimate 16 o. not a mostly empty paper dixie cup of espresso with a drop of soy milk in it. i'm sorry, but this will not do. luckily, in such emergencies, there is starbucks in australia. only a few, but there are there. shocking, i know. but i was desperate people. desperate.






brock ready to eat one of his favorite meals of the trip... a moroccan bean stew thing with a sort of cilantro pesto and feta cheese. it was ridiculously delicious. and we loved this cafe.















poor brock, always having his picture snapped as he's eating. but the cafes were so cute and the food was so tasty! these are my photo notes for new recipes at home after all.



our favorite neighborhood in the city.



crocheted tree sock.



spacecraft. i spent hours here trying to decide what to buy. poor shop lady.

part 2: more from australia

HI. we are so behind with the pics... plus we'll be seeing you all (most) in a few days so i'll skip the lengthy intro. we're in melbourne, our last stop :( but here are some photos from our time in north queensland.

Hamilton island II

sailing...





Port Douglas



















the Daintree / Mossman / the Silky Oaks Lodge