I treated myself to a bit of freedom, renting a car from Melbourne and driving the Great Ocean Road. I had a bit of apprehension about driving on the left side of the road, but it isn't any different than driving on the right - except for the turn signal - I turned on the wipers about 50% of the time !! (and I only went to the wrong door the first time). The drive was beautiful - right along the coast, lot of look out points, rock pillars standing just off the coast, light houses. Part of this coast was nick named shipwreck coast, as the waters here can be pretty bad, strong currents and winds, and rocky shallows. Last Saturday when I wasin Melbourne was the hottest day in its recorded history (46C), with
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