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Torquay Slideshow
Torquay
Travel Blogs from Torquay, Australia
Cometh the hour cometh the van
Whilst standing around chatting at "relay for life" with a few friends a couple of weeks ago the old saying "it's not what you know its who you know" was once again tried, tested and proven correct much to our advantage. I got to telling Tony ...
rar
... to everything. Im in the thick of it. Im doing what I said Id be doing. Going to school at Bells Beach, interning in Torquay. Im very very excited to get started. Classes don't start until Friday (no tutorials), and I won't move in until next Sunday- but ...
Testing Betsy in Torquay
... morning was for much needed admin time in Brighton library during which we decided to change our flights to allow us to stay in Australia longer and get more use out of Betsy before having to think about selling her. That all done, the four of ...
The Bowens Place
... alot of my parents. if your reading this sally and ken, thanks again for everything! oh yeah, and Georgia took us to the torquay golf course and we got within a foot of some wild kangaroos, it was amazing. Niss met up with us after and we ...
Great Ocean Road
Train to Geelong and from there a bus to the coastal town Torquay. The town itself did not have a lot to offer but the massive beaches were impressive. We enjoyed walking along the beach and sit in the sun watching the surfers riding waves. The water was ...
born at Bells
... dur a conduire.. c est super long et large.. me voila sur la route.. pas mal de circul.. c est vendredi saint.. arrive a Torquay.. je reconnais plus la ville... ca a passe d une petite bourgade tranquille avec quelques magases de surf a un grand ...
The Great Ocean Road Part 2
... up at the top of a forest. Looking down at the forest floor, like so many other places we’d seen in Australia, there was a real Jurassic Park feel, especially with the large Ferns. The Spiral Stair on one of the platforms was a ...
Surf's city
... for Bells/ripcurl pro at the end of January, bells beach is an iconic place for all surfers. Surfing is a way of life in torquay and everyone does it regardless of age. Due to the time of year a lot of Australians head to these shores for their holidays. ...
Great Ocean Road II.
... Beach. Ich glaube, dort kann man zu jeder Tages- und Nachtzeit Leuten beim Surfen zuschauen. Echt toll!!! Jedoch hatte ich in Torquay eine andere Mission. Ich wollte endlich in das berühmte Surfer Outlet Center. Eine Stadt aus Roxy, O'Neil, Quicksilver, ...
Brisbane to Hervey Bay
... us the opportunity to photograph our first ‘big thing’. There are numerous famous and not-so-famous big things around Australia. You probably already have Sydney Harbour Bridge in mind. However, it’s not quite in that vein. This is the ...
Torquay, Great Ocean Road & St. Kilda
Wicked little town for chilling out for a few days and going to the beach. Torquay is the home of Australia surfing and home to Quicksilver, Rip Curl and otherr major surfing labels. Caravan park was really well located and clean but a little cramped, ...
road trip day twelve - rainy days
... good. We decided to just drive as far to Melbourne as we could, which turned out being about 100 km's away(from melb) and called Torquay. Its where they hold the pro masters surfing so its somewhere I wanted to go to anyway. (Just maybe in the sun?) By ...
surf once again
conrad: we went to the ocean again, but this time to a new place called torquay. there was surf. the water was nice. and i ate a nice steak sandwich with eggs in ...
Happy Australia Day!
... a paddle and a walk down to a great beach where we stayed for a lazy afternoon and had a swim in the water which was surprisingly warm. Everyone at the campsite was enjoying the Australia Day celebrations into the night which was quite amusing to ...
We're off! - Australia
Hello everyone! Welcome to our blog...it might be a bit boring for a couple of months, but we are off to the states tomorrow and then in 2 months off to see the world! We will be frequently updating our blog with pictures and comments...so we will keep ...
The Great Ocean Road trip....see what i did there?
The 10.30 wake up call was bad as I had to get all my stuff together and be out asap. Patrick managed to grab a free bed in my dorm so he didn't have to sleep in the van. We got our stuff together, grabbed the free food we had amassed from the kitchen, ...
Not the one in Cornwall
... early and headed towards Great Ocean Road, stopping at shops to buy food and some essentials for the van. Stopped in Torquay at Torquay Foreshore Caravan Park for the night, right next to Fishermans beach. Went for our first of many chilly coastal walks ...
Great Ocean Road
... of ages and personalities, some nicer than others. Good group, Christine was there again sot hat was nice. Our first stop was Torquay, home of quicksilver and ripcurl. The shops were really expensive but then there were the outlets where its was 50% off ...
Driving the Great Ocean Road
... so much hassle. Later that evening I met up with some Lahiffs, or 'Lay-hiff's as they pronounce it here in Australia. Having looked up the phonebook in Melbourne for relatives I almost fell over seeing how many Lahiffs were in there... My relatives ...
I Surf
... if carefully planned this way, this was the best day yet weather-wise. Beautiful blue skies and warmer weather. We were off to Torquay, about an hour's drive west of Melbourne. After having a look at one of the beaches when we arrived, we headed right to ...
coats on & then swimming.....
... ; It was requested that we go here as there were lots of surf shops with trendy kit in and also you cannot come to Australia without going surfing and this was the place to do it!! We hired wet suits and boards and headed off to the beach. It was ...
Day 154
... get on the road no problem which is much as a surprise to me as it probably is to you. It starts flat meandering through Torquay and Anglesea like we're doing the South coast of England. At Lorne we goto Teddy's Lookout which offers us beautiful scenery ...
Think BIG – Sydney to Torquay
... road for most of the way. I had been warned that although this is the quickest, most direct route to Melbourne (and hence to Torquay), that the journey is somewhat boring. The journey was enjoyable for us. We saw the big things - the big ...
Great Ocean Road
... to watch the surfer dudes - This is where Point Break was filmed. intersting place names along the way included Anglesea, Torquay and Peterborough - Theiving scum bags!!!!! (have also just visited a place called Rhyll - alot cleaner than home we must ...
The twelve apostles
... 7pm. This area of coast is famous for crazy rock formations and shipwreck stories, as boats from England would pass under Africa towards Australia, but the wind was that strong they were unable to stop and a lot would crash into the shore. We caught the ...
Torquay
Torquay - Great Ocean Drive 12 Apostles London Bridge The Grotto Thunderous Cave The Blowhole Koala Walk - Kennett River Whale Spotting (unsucessful) - Warrambool Kangaroo jumping across lake at ...
A short driving day
After a great night with the family we had a slow start to the day - just a bit of a sleep in, appreciating the last night in a proper bed that we will be having for quite some time!! Leaving Sharon and Greg about 11ish we headed for the ...