Best Western Great Ocean Road Motor Inn Port Campbell

Ah spring is in full swing in the land down under! Daylight savings time has arrived, warmer temperatures and less rain, which can only mean one thing for the Yanks from the mountains...beach time! While our dear friends back home are shoveling driveways, we've been gearing up for time on the beach and plotting our excursions. Not quite warm enough yet to spend hours laying on the beach, but getting there. In fact this past week we hit 33 ...

picked up the car in the morning and then left for our trip along the great ocean road, 1st had to get out of Melbourne and avoid running into a tram and the complicated hook turn rule, thankfully made it out safety and headed along the coast and stopped at Torquay for lunch. the road was long and windy but has amazing views as u drive along ...

... I wonder do they have their own "only gay in the village"?!!) was the last overnight stop, where Colin and Irene managed to procure some divine mash, soooo good that I was left speechless, which was just as well as I wouldn't have wanted to steal Colin's talk time... a very entertaining character! They showed us around the next morning and we walked on the beach and around the harbour and sat enjoying the sunshine at a street cafe ...

... likes to sleep 12 hours a day & spread his most intimate undergarmets around the room to dry...and all this is kindly included in the price!! Ah well....at least the drink can sometimes be cheap, with lots of lovely backpacker promotions to avail of!! But then again, there's nothing quite like awakening on a top bunk, realising you have exactly 30 seconds to ascend the rickety ladder, race out of the room, down the corridor, navigate ...

... compare the two I can say I´ve got great hopes for Australia´s efforts. If nothing else Victoria as a state is beautiful & despite its small size, in comparison to the other states (it relating to the size of Britain) its got a surprisingly lot to to offer. Interestingly though our first port of call along this famed route was.... the 12 apostles? London Bridge? No... Allansford Cheeseworld. I´m telling you we know how to live that cheese dream! Most places ...

... There was at least a half dozen koalas, each in their own tree. Some Aussies who also stopped to look heard my accent, and said that they had been in Canada and had been just as excited to see black bears in the wild there. Yikes! Our bears have the potential of being a lot more dangerous than a koala... At one point on ...

Hey! We made it into Australia early this morning. We're actually doing pretty well tired-wise. We had a really rough night. Among the concrete floor we slept on by the cold door, since we were by the exit we also were in the way of the traffic coming off early morning flights leaving the airport. TJ was on alert most of the night. Everytime he heard a voice that he thought was remotely near us, he'd look around to make sure our stuff was ok (even though it was right ...