Waves Port Campbell

... longer than one night&#8230;.<br><br> <br><br>Tuesday 19 August 2009<br><br>Went for a walk along Apollo Bay beach to have a look at the harbour. It was a lovely day today &#8211; bright blue sky, but windy so there were lots of big waves. We then continued along the GOR. First stop was Maits Rest and went on a short walk through sub-temperate rainforest. After that we headed for Cape Otway Lightstation which is the oldest lighthouse on ...

... Beach. And, the camping was free.<br><br>What gives?<br><br>Oh, no facilities! A couple of toilets and that's it. Now it all makes sense.<br><br>No bother - we've toughed it out far worse than this before. We'll just go for a swim in the ocean to get clean....do do do, down to the beach to test the -- OMG it's FREEZING!!! I knew Antartica was just "down there" but Jesus Christ!!!<br><br>Guess we're going stinky for the ...

... you breath away! Phill did an awesome job of driving Polly. Secretly I think he would of enjoyed it more (if that's possible) in a top of the range sports car and without his woman saying "ohh, aww, wow, WATCH, ohh, arrr, SLOW DOWN, ohh, look, mmm, wow, WATCH THAT BEND" etc. As if it was meant to be, we reached the famous 12 Apostles just in time for sunset. The 12 Apostles are remains of rocks in the sea, where after years and years of wave corrosion have ...

... after beach town every 20 km or so. Very relaxed and chatting it up all the way. We hit Lorne for a quick bite to eat and beer and then Apollo Bay. Looked into staying in Apollo Bay but decided to push through to the Lighthouse at Cape Otway with koalas and kangaroos all around.... see pics to get a good feel. Next, onto 12 Apostles/ Loch and Gorge for sunset. Both somewhat famous landmarks. All beautiful, but freezing in the pounding rain and wind at each ...

... 2nd March with 54 on board but only 2 survived the shipwreck. The flies were still abundant so we drove on south to the Otway Fly, a huge elevated walkway in a forest of gum trees. We spent a very enjoyable hour scampering along all the metal paths high in the tree tops and had a sandwich in the restaurant afterwards. We picked up the Princes Highway via Colac and Geelong back through Melbourne to St Kilda where we strolled along the prom ...

With Melbourne and its Highway Code peculiarities safely behind us, we had a fairly non-eventful drive. It turned out, however, that there weren't a great number of places to stop for the night. At least, none without 'No Camping' signs. We eventually found a layby beside a Scout Camp, just past the town of Torquay, which is roughly where the Great Ocean Road begins. By now, it was pretty dark, so we didn't want to go further and miss the scenery. We couldn't see any 'No ...

... s a lovely spot - incredibly peaceful drifting slowly amongst the dead trees but after 3 hours and no strange mammals we had to give up as it was pitch black. We did see some glow worms but were offered the chance to come back for the 5am dawn watch instead. So with heavy hearts (and eyelids) we stayed overnight in the camper by the lake and fumbled out of bed ...

Took a day to take a wee tour down the great ocean road bloody amazin views (that you can probably see from the photos) Also got to take a nice long test drive in the new 3.8 car. Got it maxed out so that it startin beeping at me and tellin me not to go any faster sadly tho it tops out a 185 km REALLY HATE LIMITERS!!!

... just getting back to the arms when she hit the water. She's pretty embarrassed. TJ told her she better not be worried the whole time. We found beach warning signs though, that tell you what to watch for at each beach (undertows, strong currents, rips, rocks, etc.) so she's relieved now. After the beach we continued onto Apollo Bay where we will stay for the night and relax and get a good sleep!! Nothing really else to report. This internet is pricy so we're out, talk soon.

... catwalks which you could see through. There was a tower in the middle and you could go above the tree tops and look down, Gemma did not climb this though as her foot was sore from the walking. That night we stayed in a place called Timboon. Over the next few days we made our way to Warrombool. As this was the end of the great ocean road there was going to be a bit of driving to get to Adelaide. We drove for one and a half ...