KT: We decided to hire a car to do the trip along the Great Ocean Road (GOR). We left Melbourne with blue skies & were the comfort of the Toyota Corolla - automatic and power steering. Amazing compared to the Wicked van. Our first quick stop was Geelong. As seaside port with lots of decorative ballards along the waterfront. Then onto Torquay...

Road trip Mates! We want to see koalas so we were directed by our good friend Rob to this small stop on the side of the road along our way to Otway National Park for some camping. Along the way we took some great pictures of the ocean and beaches...you'll see soon. Caution: You will be jealous. We also stop by this historic site of a shipwreck a...

January 26 is Australia Day, which means little more to us than a day off work. From what I understand, Australia Day is a bit like celebrating the day the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. If you're really curious, see what Wikipedia has to say about the holiday. For my purposes, I'll just stick with saying that we had Friday off and so we deci...

the road to apollo bay was spectacular, windy, and lots of fun to drive. after a glance at the cascade falls we headed through the otway ranges to the otway peninsular. here we were lucky enough to see several koalas mere metres from the roadside. one was obliging enough to reverse down his tree until he was at head height, and then was happy to...

Great Ocean Road Hired a car (only 20 quid a day) and headed off. Anyone that tells you it is a day trip is trippin themselves. It's miles and miles away from Melbourne. We passed through some pretty industrial areas on the way there, scenery appearing more like the outskirts of Luton that anywhere in Australia. Interestingly (especially for my ...

yep, we went Seal watching, on a ruber duckie as there called. A Rib is the name of the boat, a dingy sorta thing with hard floor. we got the front row seats, and headed out into the sea, whcih had a huge swell that day, so the waves were big and we were getting bounced all over the place, ( no sea sickness this time though ). he stopped near th...

I'm running short of adjectives to describe the sights I've been seeing throughout the entirety of my trip thus far and certainly when it comes to describing the aesthetics of the Great Ocean Road, I'm simply at a loss!! We hired a car from Melbourne, a nice 4 door Mitsubishi Lancer 1.8, and set off on a 3 day trip to Adelaide. The Great Ocean R...