Comfort Inn The International Apollo Bay

... Gedenktafel am "Loch Ard Gorge" erinnert heute an den Dreimaster, der 1878 an dem Felsen zerschmetterte. Nur zwei Passagiere von 54 überlebten damals die Tragödie. Die "London Bridge", an der wir danach anhalten, hatte bis vor wenigen Jahren noch eine direkte Landverbindung, die 1990 ohne Vorwarnung ins Meer gestürzt ist. Die Besucher, die damals auf der Felsbrücke standen, mussten mit einem Hubschrauber gerettet werden. Wir fahren weiter nach ...

... the south coast and view the "Twelve Apostles". They are a series of rock pinnacles that are just off the coast. The entire coast at this point is made of beautiful cliffs that go on for miles. It will be an opportunity for Marie and I to get wet in the Great Southern Ocean (Antarctic).

... d** b**ühmten Leuchttürme - dem Otway Lighthouse - an dem Teil d** Küste, d** für die vielen Schiffe bekannt ist, die dort alle gekent**t sind und viele ihr Leben dort gelassen haben. Es war ein beindruckend** Ausblick von dem Leuchtturm aus und dank dem guten Wett** waren die Farben so wund**schön intensiv. Es war traumhaft und **schreckend zugleich zu sehen wie das Wett** mit sein** ganzen Gewalt gegen die Klippen rauscht und sich die Gischt v**teilt ...

... were bursting with water. Heather, a receptionist at the surgery where H was working told us that recently vandals had come to the Triplet Falls walk with chain saws and cut down a number of the old trees there. Why anyone would do such a thing is beyond me, but Heather says it is the anti greenies who were protesting about the stopping of logging in the area. On Saturday we took the inland route back to Melbourne through Forrest ...

... the two lane road winding against cliffs next to the Southern Ocean. We were going to spend the night in Lorne but we passed a campsite about 20km before hand that was situated in a spectacular valley right on the beach. After chasing down Ben who was ignoring all our tooting in the other van we made a U-turn and were quickly pitched up in the campground ...

... a distinct lack of surf shops! Maybe we were just looking in the wrong place... We refilled our gas canister in Geelong, and then cruised up the motorway to Melbourne, stopping at a petrol station to refuel and clean up the exterior. Sad times!

... sea and all look like they are about to give way as the waves crash inexorably against their lower levels making them top heavy. We all met up with Nicks ex girlfriend Cass and her friend Sally in Apollo Bay that night and had a few beers followed by without doubt the most appalling Thai green curry we have ever tasted. The place was owned by a scouser though so more fool us!

... and Adelaide. I'm currently in Torquay, a very surfing-oriented seaside town. I've been bodyboarding and this morning my friend who has a surfboard tried to give me some surfing tuition, but the waves were so small even the skilled were struggling to stand up. It's all good fun though - even if I did spent 2 hours doing not much apart from floating around on the board, its nice to be out there in the ocean, which is wonderfully warm for someone who's ...

... land sales, toll gates and public donations. The construction workers had to blast bits of cliff face out to allow them to build the road and progress was slow - you can still see the exposed cliff face as you drive along the road which gives you some idea of the enormous task faced by the workers. Eventually, we arrived at Apollo Bay where we were dropped off at our hostel (a private house owned by the tour company which holds up to around 25 people - our ...