I'm back with more pictures from my family's recent trip to Melbourne! 

So, as usual, we took our visitors down to Phillip Island. This is a routine we've nearly perfected: drive down, stop at the Phillip Island Wildlife Park, eat at Mad Cowes Cafe, visit the Nobbies, and then slowly drive back to the city, hopefully spotting a few wallabies along the way. The trip went pretty much according to plan, except the hand-feeding-kangaroos portion of the day was a bit more exciting than usual. And by exciting, I mean they basically mobbed us and we almost died via kangaroo. I've been to the Phillip Island Wildlife Park more than a few times, and usually, you have to kind of bribe the kangaroos to take any interest in you by placing the food directly in front of their faces. They're particularly uninterested when it's hot or crowded. 

Here's a cute picture of my sister Kathryn posing with the rare obedient roo. 

Kathryn and Hannah with their new friend! 

I brought the selfie stick, of course, but failed to get a group shot in which a kangaroo was actually facing the camera. In fact, I think they were a bit scared of the selfie stick, which worked to my advantage when they became aggressive. 

My dad feeding/fending off some of the bigger guys. I think the one eating out of his hand may be the kicker. They've made peace by this point, apparently! 

I love Kathryn's face in this picture, and how the kangaroo is jumping up for her food. 

So, it was an eventful day at the Wildlife Park! Kathryn and my dad even came away with some battle scars: 

Then it was off to the Nobbies, where we enjoyed relatively warm weather. Pretty much every time I've ever been to the Nobbies it's been extremely windy and pretty chilly, which makes for good waves, but isn't conducive to the leisurely stroll we were able to enjoy on this trip. We even spotted a cute little penguin waddling down to hill toward the water. 

Kathryn soaking up the sunshine!