B.W Apollo Bay Motel

... sun the ocean is even more beautiful and the beach must be packed with people.<br><br>We got a tip that while in Lorne you have a good chance to see kangaroos on the golf course. We found the golf course and drove around a little, but no kangaroos! They were all hiding from the rain. How disappointing! We did see a pretty view point of the water though.<br><br>The rest of the drive to Apollo Bay was ...

... So far, we are within budget ;-) We left Melbourne at around 11am and made our way to The Great Ocean Road, it was raining and overcast again and bloody cold, so we were really hoping that moving West could up the chance for some sun. Fat chance! We had the rain on and off all day, but it did not put us out, as the first leg of The Great Ocean Road was spectacular. Fantastic forest cliffs dropping straight into the ocean and the road zigzaging from one small inlet to the other. This is ...

What an amazing trip! The first trip in to view The Great Ocean Rd, was a cow path. I am not exagerating! They were huge too, the cattle that is. Every stop amazed us. We have more photos. We learned this morning what they mean by fast changing tides. They are not kidding ...

We headed further south on the Princes highway until we hit Warrnambool where we stayed at the local campsite. Ben and I also visited the local council offices after both managing to get parking tickets costing us fifty dollars each and another days budget. The next day were off for a date with The Great Ocean Road probably the most Iconic stretch of road in ...

... ever, surely!), a place where Melbourne folk come to holiday - it was rather downcast and desolate today anyway. And over more treacherous road I drove, changing gear by the second almost, dragging the van around ...

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... I didn't get a picture. Once outside of Lorne, Great Ocean Road begins to live up to it's name as the road abandons the forests and begins to hug the rugged coastline. As a result of following the coast the roads become insane; curving, winding, uphill, downhill and going back on themselves so much that its impossible to get above 40kmph. It is a beautiful stretch of road to drive and we stop a few times for photos and to just take in the view. However time is getting on ...

... and her boyfriend Chris from the Isle of Arran, Manuela from Germany (I think), and Sylvia and her son Laurent from Belgium). Our patience lasted until 14.00, when we decided to call the tour operator to find out whether the bus was going to turn up at all or whether the driver had decided to not bother today after too much festive cheer the previous day. I was told that the bus would be there "soon". A further half an hour later, we decided that the ...