Koalas have been a love of mine for some time now, so I was eager to visit the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary during our stay in Brisbane. While we enjoyed seeing the koalas up close in their enclosures, feeding and petting the kangaroos and wallabies was a highlight of the trip! I took so many […]

As I mentioned in our Eastern Australia Itinerary post, we visited the most southern part of mainland Australia and explored along the Great Ocean Road. This road is one of Australia’s most iconic and thrilling drives. All the coastal towns in this region are relatively small, but Apollo Bay (near where we stayed) and Port […]

When starting to plan our trip to Australia I knew we would have to focus on just a region of the country, so I chose the Eastern part covering three states: Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria. Even with a three-week trip to enjoy, it wasn’t enough time to visit Uluru (Ayers Rock), the Great […]

In June of 2025, we spent three amazing weeks in Eastern Australia (see full itinerary here) exploring from Brisbane down to the bottom of mainland Australia along the Great Ocean Drive. When planning this trip I knew we would visit a few zoos, but also wanted to experience the native animals in their natural habitat. […]