I love the sea so the idea of traveling down the great Ocean road has been one I've wanted to do for years.
I decided to hire a car so I could take it in my own time. I Started off at Torquay which true to the Devon form was out of season dull so after a quick stop I headed on down to Bells beach which was beautiful, after christening the car with sand I headed on to Anglesea which turned out to be a very sleepy town, with a beautiful beach. However rain was still in the air, so I headed on to Aireys Inlet and a lighthouse which turned out to be the one used in round the twist, the 80's kids tv show. It was really raining now so I decided to take to tour and head up to the top, which had amazing views.
Between Aireys Inlet and Lorne you pass under an arch which denotes the original section of the Great Ocean Road which was carved out of the cliffs by the solders who returned from the great war. This section hugs the coast line until Lorne where I decided to stay for the night. Lorne is pretty but with only 1000 people living there it is quite quiet, however in this changes in the summer when over 20,000 people will descend over a week.
The second day was beautiful so I headed out of Lorne to Kennet River in search of Wild Koala's. Who as it turns out seam to live in back-gardens! Then it was on to Apollo Bay which again has an amazing beach. The road then heads inland towards Lavers Hill where I headed off to the 'Otway Fly' a tree-top canopy walkway which as it turn out sways rather a lot in the wind. It was at this point I decided that I'm glad I'm not a tree or a Koala in a tree.
Next stop was gibson steps, a massive descent down the cliff to the beach just around the comer from the 12 Apostles. The land scape is amazing but as words can't describe it I shall let the photographs. Only 1k up the road is the 12 Apostles themselves, the area was crazy busy with goodness knows how many buss loads of tourists. The sky had turned moody and the Apostles seam to soak up the mood.
I headed with a couple more stops to admire the view but as the rain started to come in heavy again I decided to head straight up to Warrnambool.
6 comments:
Hi Lady Lucie,
I love the idea of a dog sniffing for banana's!!!! Do they leave you alone if you have heroin on you?!
Write soon & keep safe.
Lady Roo xxxxx
You saw the "Round the Twist" Lighthouse?? I'm very jealous!!
xx
Blimey, you went all the way around the world just to get to Torquay! That's never right!!
Love Bo and Jen xx
Hi Juicy Lucie!
Wowsers, you do sound just like Mr Palin. Keep the bogs coming as they are giving me something to look forward to in boring blighty!! Take care, Lots of love
Soph xxx
I must have forgotten to tell you about the 12A bus that goes direct from Newton Abbot to Torquay. The fare is much cheaper - but then you always did prefer the pretty route. Love Mum XXXX
Happy travels Lucie! I'm right here, green not only with envy but also the usal London tan... ;-)
Bili
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