All Star Motor Inn Warrnambool

So after a couple of days in Adelaide it was time to head to Melbourne. So I spent the last of my money saved from the pub on the journey, which included<br>-wine tasting at a South Australian vineyard and then, slightly tipsy, going adventure caving through tunnels and chambers dug out in fossil digs in Naracoorte. I am still well and truly battered after that.<br>-Hiking up a mountain ...

FREITAG, 23. 01. 2009 Beginn der Great Ocean Road-Tour Heute sind wir morgens um 8 aufgestanden, haben geduscht, und sind gemuetlich fruehstuecken gegangen. Wir, das waren zwei Suedtiroler, Karin und Michael, Irina und Paddy. Am Abend davor haben wir schon unser ganzes Zeugs gepackt, damit wir das nicht am Morgen noch erledigen muessen. Wir haben die Sachen, die wir fuer unseren Fuenf-Tages-Trip nicht brauchen, in einen Locker ...

... would end up in a cow field. After setting up camp we headed to a small town close by to BBQ some burgers we bought earlier. They have a lot of BBQs in cities around here that are free or for 1 Dollar that anyone can use. Though Phill didn't bring anything to flip the burgers with, or utensils, or oil, or more than one thin blanket, or a towel, or something to blow up our massive air mattress with...etc etc etc lol! It took a lot of work to blow it up by ourselves so the ...

... in the Coon*w*r* district for wine *nd cheese t*sting (very grown up!), which is good fun if you're not the design*ted driver (th*nks Will!). We st*yed the night in Meningie.  This turned out to be * bit of * ghost town but we m*de the most of it by ignoring the loc*ls st*res in the pub, scoffing down t*sty fl*ke *nd chips *nd be*ting Ch*nt*l *nd Liz *t * c*rd g*me we'd le*rnt in Nep*l - '10 killer'. ...off to Glenelg....

... placut f mult aceste lacuri si singurul regret a fost ca inotatul nu este permis (de inteles, din moment ce orasul isi trage apa de baut din ele). In sfarsit, cea mai mare surpriza a acestui segment al calatoriei a fost Muzeul Maritim din Flagstaff Hill. Muzeul re-creeaza un orasel portuar din secolul 19 prin cladirile sale frumos restaurate. Partea cea mai remarcabila a acestui muzeu insa este ca a fost organizat de o organizatie non-guvernamentala alcatuita din localnici ...

... as the sunset approaches. The Loch Ard Gorge is quite remarkable in itself as geological formation (a long gorge dug by the action of the sea alone) but it is also famous for being the site where Loch Ard, a 19th century sail ship crashed against the steep cliffs taking down with it all but two of its passengers. Against all odds, a young sailor not only survived the crash, but also helped a young lady passenger get safely to the shore and then climbed the ...

... to find a spider with a red dot on its back hiding in the toilets. My knowledge of Australian wildlife is improving and it certainly looked like the dangerous redback spider, so I kept well away. The nights were really cold in the campervan so I was very happy to have my sleeping bag with me... the blankets the company provided were rubbish! I was up early the next morning and went for a trip up to The Pinnacle for views across the National Park. I then headed back to ...

... half way through the holiday and are currently at Port Fairy in Victoria, at the beginning of the Great Ocean Road, which, I learned today, was built by otherwise unemployed soldiers returning from the first world war. We arrived mid afternoon and are now installed in a flat with panoramic views of the rocky shoreline and the crashing rollers of the southern ocean. The bad news is that it's throwing it down. We didn't come to Australia for this; we could ...

... some areas of real beauty too, reminding me a bit of New Zealand. <br><br> <br><br>At times we were teased and frustrated by signs suggesting that kangaroos were in the area, but obviously we ...

... the confidence to emerge from the van, and the sun even descended upon the crater for a brief period while we traversed the 2 km ridge walk around the crater, offering pretty views of Lake Surprise below - a brown lake (supposedly blue in summer), that filled 3 ...