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Lorne
Travel Blogs from Lorne, Australia
Enough is Enough
This is a top pick! ... there was still enough time left in the day to carry on a bit further along the road and we would camp somewhere near Lorne. Drove along the road, which was inland and not along the ocean?, towards Bells Beach. Bells Beach is the site of the world ...
The Great (and it is!) Ocean Road!
This is a top pick! Well this morning started bright and early (too early for one of the Senior Smedley´s...not mentioning any names...Sid!) as we decided to try and catch the 12 apostles for sunrise! It made things even funnier as it was completely cloudy so there wasn´t ...
A Bracing Swim
After a leisurely departure and return to Melbourne, we stopped off at the shops to get David's birthday present. Arrived back at The George early afternoon and were delighted at the weekend we had had in ...
Great Ocean Road
... " view of the Twelve Apostles which was rather ordinary compared to some of the other spots - but it was still great. Dinner was in a town called Lorne where we ate at a wonderful restaurant called the Maple Tree which was owned by some Canadians. ...
Ain't no Volcanic ash thick enough!
... little up in the air at this point due to a massive ash cloud blocking all air travel into every airport across southern Australia. We were on constant flight watch that evening and as of 10pm that night, our flight ...
A weekend by the sea
... our weekend holiday with a sumptious breakfast at Miss Jacksons, just round the corner. Left Melbourne about midday and motored to Lorne which is on the Great Ocean Road. Arrived at the appartment at about 3pm and could not believe what fantastic ...
Lorne - a lovely beach town
... the day we had planned - lovely and sunny. We set off on our drive along the Great Ocean Road about 10:30am. The drive to Lorne could have taken us about 2.5 hours but took us all day as we stopped loads of times along the way. There were ...
Melbourne was full of Petrol Heads
... at the weekend in Melbourne because of the Formula One Grand Prix at Albert Park. We drove up the Great Ocean Road to Lorne which is a nice little beach town. Again the mercury was hittin 40 degrees and the hair dryer effect had us nearly dry between ...
Saturday by the sea
After an early morning walk down to the pier, we had a leisurely breakfast before going into town to look at the shops. David and I had a lovely swim in the surf, and although it was a bit cold when we first got in, we soon got acclimatised ! Very ...
The Great Great Ocean Road
... the Koorie Heritage Cultural Trust, a really nicely curated museum and art gallery dedicated to aboriginal culture in southeastern Australia. Went for a final afternoon run along the Maribyrnong, and in the evening Francis, Monique, Joe and Mel came ...
what a coast line
... lads surfing really close to some rocks, it was very exciting seeing them catch the waves. This is another really beautiful part of Australia, but just a tad colder than Cairns, we left Cairns on about 32 degrees c and when we landed in Melbourne at ...
Poop! Poop!
... in that 80's TV show Round the Twist, and also in one of the Mad Max films. Apparently it's a bit of a celebrity in Australia! A little beyond the lighthouse, we passed under a wooden archway with Great Ocean Road written above it- and we could see why ...
Lovely lunch at Lorne
We stopped in the very pretty Lorne for lunch. As we had been stuck on a cliff side just after Apollo Bay, for the last half an hour while a landslide was cleaned up, we were pretty happy to be there. The sun had come out and it was beautiful, ...
Backtrack
... had been on the globe, but entry was barred by the time we got there so we carried on to the small seaside town of Lorne. We reached Lorne at 6 ish and after a little stress managed to bag a gorgeous 3 bed apartment with free videos so Kerry had a bath ...
The Birds
... . We watched with interest as we had hoped to visit there when Craig and Natalie join us for christmas. Violence is unusual in australia and the news coverage was extensive. Our attention was also caught by the story of a huge oil fire in Hemel Hempstead ...
Great Ocean Road
Spent the next day driving along the Great Ocean Road. Clare insisted I stop at every view point so it was a long old day. The views were amazing but due to my poor schooling I can't put it into words - one day we'll load the pictures on. We also bought ...
Goodbyeee Australia
... . We shall go off-line until about next Wednesday, so take a rest from my meanderings until then. Final thoughts on Australia. Lovely people, genuinely friendly and decent. The take great delight in pulling your leg, however as long as you get ...
Bells Beach & Great Ocean Road
... to stop for the night in Lorne, a mere 40km (approx) past Bells Beach. Bells Beach, for the uninformed (which was me) is Australia’s surfing capital. We enjoyed the view of the water from the platform, then from the beach, where you get a real feel ...
Lorne
We arrived in Lorne on the evening of the 3rd. after doind the most twisty part of the Great Ocean Rd. but what a view. Lorne is a small town located smack in the middle of National Park. We arrived in the town, bought some groceries and then headed up ...
First night
Well we are now on our travels from morwell to aireys inlet for the night.... I know we haven't gone far but that's how we've planned for the kids today. Leaving my friends and family for such a long is sad... Said good bye to Mum this morning which was ...
Trees and other pretty things
... so I abandoned the idea of lunch here, and instead drove to Apollo Bay to buy fish and chips. I then drove along the road to Lorne, which is the bit of the Great Ocean Road which is actually right on the ocean. Spectacular view again, but I was tired, and ...
The Great Ocean Road etc.
... and enjoyed their amazing food and hospitality. Hired softies and had fun in the waves, toured the Great Ocean Road and did some shopping. Australia is very much like NZ and the UK - but the sun really burns here! Simon forgot to put sun tan lotion on ...
The Great Ocean Road
... a bit more, they are lovely kids. Away around 8.30 am we managed to find our way through the back roads to Lorne to start the Great Ocean Roa. Straight into the tourist info we asked the dreaded question about where we could find 'free' ...
Great Ocean Road
... ", because apparently it is funny when I say it!!). We followed the windy roads through the small town of Appollo Bay and stopped in Lorne for the night, one of the big surf towns of the South. We had a good night drinking in the YHA with a British ...
That's a nice road!
So we left Melbourne around five to drive to the start of the great ocean road with is near a town called Lorne. So as I said before we left the AFL game early to beat the traffic we both didn't wan to leave because it was such a tense finish but we had ...
The Great Ocean Road
... with Lionel on the stereo. Despite the gloom and whatnot, the water still appeared mercurial, resplendent as we entered Lorne. Turning left up a harrowingly steep road, the van voiced its displeasure above Lionel, but none the less we made it ...
Day.171 - On. The. Road. Again.
... then back to the car to carry on to another lookout point. Alex & Amy had been patiently waiting for us at foodworks in Lorne. We rocked up a little late due to a late set off but they wernt too bothered. Was definitely good to see them ...
Lorne
... We had a really fun weekend with Charlie and Sue. On Saturday they took us to Hahndorf - the oldest German town in South Australia which had loads of really interesting little gifty shops and a really awesome art and craft gallery - where I (Nat) bought ...
The Great Ocean Road
... Hired a car and headed out south east to the Great Ocean Road. Had our first experience of conservation free camp sites in Lorne with perfumed au naturel dump toilets! The campsites were all full due to school holidays (apparently that's what Aussies do ...
Lorne Camping
... to get the whicked camper back to melbourne before the 5 days was up we cruised along until we hit the next town of Lorne. also a beautiful place, where we decided to make camp at a camper site along the highway behind a grocery store. ...