B.W Lorne Coachman Inn

... sea we could hear the crashing waves of the Southern Ocean pounding onto the beach. And when we did get down on to the beach the sound and spray of the waves was intense and beautiful. So we clambered back over the dune and flopped into the car before driving the last leg to Robe. Our hostel was an amazing building, like an old stately home with a fantastic kitchen, so it was a great place for the night. They amazingly had scrabble and so we played a ...

Today I did very little, being tired both from lack of sleep and tired of moving from place to place. The one thing I did do was go to the Otway Fly, which is a walkway suspended in the treetops of a rainforest. I didn't take any pictures this time, because let's face it, they were trees, and how good does any given tree really look on camera?? but it was a spectacular experience, climbing 45m into the trees. A mob of bikies arrived and took over the café as I finished, so I ...

... could only assume were wild boars, but nevertheless we had a good night sleep. Wednesday 29 th October Not long after leaving Avon Vale we stopped at Kennet River to see Koalas in the natural habitat. Clare was great at spotting these creatures. We must have seen around 10 in all, many of whom were carrying their spring babies. We finished the day at Blanket Bay free camping ground and after an unsuccesful ...

... Betsy's first road trip and she was going great guns! It was such a good feeling to have this first run out in her. Ed was very keen to start fishing with Al's new rod so as soon as camp was set up we all headed straight to the beach. To our amazement we caught two small Australian salmon called Bruce and Sheila! They were really small, but Zoe had never had fresh line ...

I am finally at a computer that I can upload pics, so here are some from the Great Ocean Road. It was a great day, beautiful scenery. We stopped first at an aboriginal community center where we learned that there are 390 tribal communities in Australia. The people belonged to the land, the land did not belong to them. Very different thinking than the white Europeans who settled here. The boomerang is a duck ...

Here it is! a fantastic couple of days on the Great Ocean Road. Beautiful beaches and coastline, including the 12 Apostles and London Bridge (you can guess which is which by the photos!!) we also stopped at the world famous Bells beach to watch the surfer dudes ...

... dazzled down, glistening pristinely over the bright blue waters - colours that remained, regardless of the weather above, much to our fascination. The last walk was a curious "geology" walk, in which we admired the ...

... about nailed it in three days and considering our crazy convoy consisted of two motorbikes and a car full of teenagers we didn't do all that bad, especially when you consider the setbacks... ...like the first hour or so. I'd pulled in to snap a few shots of the surf before catching up with the others. This involved a swift manoeuvre around a battered old camper and a consequential pull-in by the boys in ...

... st kildas beach, watching the day's sky change from sunny and blue to cloudy and grey. the rain kicked in as we walked along fitzroy street checking out the local atmosphere of restaurants and shoppes. By the time we got back to the house, Guy was gone and we decided to go back to Bet Chabad for free lunch. Of course, they were again over an hour behind schedule. They made my dad's specialty dish "orissa" and they even made one in vegetarian format so that i ...