Bay of Islands Warrnambool

Day two of the Great Ocean Road Chillax Tour begins early.


We are squeezing ourselves into wetsuits for a surfing lesson beginning at 7.30am at Apollo Bay beach. It's an amazing beach, morning and fun filled two hours fighting with the waves. I find the experience something to behold - I mange to stand (just!) but give up …

Nachdem wir in Brisbane bei relativ warmen Temperaturen in das Flugzeug eingestiegen waren, kamen wir nur 2 Stunden spaeter bei gefuehlten 10 Grad we***** in Adelaide an. Wie immer ohne gebuchtes Hostel (Abends um halb 9), aber einer guten Portion Glueck und einem super netten Busfahrer, der uns zu einem noch geoeffneten Hostel fuhr, in dem wir …

Eines gleich vorweg: Wir waren selbst überrascht, als wir uns nach diesem Tag eingestanden, dass wir die Szenerie bei den 12 Aposteln noch intensiver erlebt haben als den Ayers Rock. All der Touristenmassen zum Trotz haben wir uns die gigantischen Gesteinsnadeln, die teilweise bis zu 65 Meter hoch aus dem Wasser ragen und letztlich dank kräftigster …

After waiting for the crane to leave and then the Fire Brigade to hose the road down it was time to move on towards Apollo Bay. Another lovely town but for us the weather was awful - wet and windy.

We found a quiet, grassy campsite at Johanna Beach and it was time for us to wait until the weather improved. Johanna Beach is occasionally …

... dry. But at the bottom at least there was no wind, so we sheltered there happily for a bit. Fifth: Bay of Martyrs and Bay of Islands (they honestly looked the same). Big, turquoise bays with gleaming green and gold island blips. Lovely scenery and I ...

... called Robe, and yes we booked our accommodation first thing in the morning! That day we stopped off at the Twelve Apostles, Bay of Islands and Larry the giant lobster! That evening we must've drove for at least 2hrs without seeing another car, which is ...

... at a lookout on the beach and saw a whale splashing its tail in and out of the water. We also saw the Bay of Islands, the 12 Apostles, the Razorback, and London Bridge. All of them were islands which had eroded in spectacular ways over thousands of ...

... of the Audi´s exhaust so we set off at pace for the first stop. After about an hour and missing the turn off for Bay of Islands we finally stopped at The Grotto for our first look out along the coastline, it was all very impressive with rugged sandstone ...

... the daylight and other stops of interest were, London Bridge (half of which has also fallen down in 1990), and the bay of islands. We are all limestone formationed out!! It was an incredible coastline though, and so fun to drive it. We have ...

... going down. I really like this photo, check out the seagulls... Finally we arrived at the viewing platforms for the bay of islands, which was also very picturesque.  The setting sun brought out some amazing colours in the rocks around ...

... so we don't miss anything. I had to prepare him because he likes to know his destination and get settled. First viewing the bay of islands on yet another grey and windy day! Well the sun did make a short appearance! The bay was still beautiful and ...

... rock called London Bridge (yeah it was shaped like a bridge but very different from the real London Bridge). The final stop was the Bay of Islands. This was a bay that had many islands in it (you couldn't have guessed!). Similar to the Twelve Apostles, ...

... was just as spectacular but with only a few people enjoying them. The Port Campbell National Park and The Bay of Islands Coastal Parkland has magnificent sheer cliffs, deep caverns, great archways, grottos, island gorges, blowholes and spectacular ...

... . Our last day of the Great Ocean Road trip, we set off early and stopped at the Bay of Martyrs again, the Bay of Islands and Childers Cove which all have beautiful empty beaches and stacks dotted about in the ocean. We arrived in Warrnambool which is ...