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We headed back to the Great Ocean Road because you can never get sick of it! The Road is filled with heaps of rainforests and pretty sights, and our main goal was to make it to Erskine Falls which is near Lorne. It's almost impossible to get there without a car, and with a car it was pretty scary getting there. But the falls was totally worth it!! After the falls we went to Teddy's Lookout from where you can see the area of Lorne as well as the bit of the Road. It was awesome! And it was a beautiful [View Full Entry]

Adventures of a Travel Addict - Ann Jaimi | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 21st 2006 | 91 Views | [diary=96815]

driving on the left
hiking to the falls
Erskine falls

Monday. We took a trip to the supermarket (Coles) to get food for the road trip that lay ahead of us the following day to the drive the Great Ocean Road. Cheese, ham and cheese-topped rolls were on the menu for our packed lunch ready to eat on a beach somewhere, with an amazing view along on the ocean road. It was a shop that was spurred on by a hangover from the standard Sunday night activities, whereby Chris and I will visit our local pub, The Prince of Wales where the bartender now knows to pour us a jug of [View Full Entry]

Big Si - Simon Owen | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 28th 2006 | 188 Views | [diary=84672]

Waiting to see JET
JET
Quality car rentals

Am Mittwoch nahm ich den Zug nach Jan Juc, Torquay. Mein Kollege John „mehrfacher Kayakmarathonweltmeister“, der dort mit seiner Familie (Frau und 2 Jungs (3 und 4 Jahre)) in nem fetten Haus mit Blick aufs Meer wohnt, holte mich vom Bahnhof in Geelong ab. Nachdem mich die Frau und der Ältere freundlich begrüßten, fing der Jüngere an zu weinen als er mich sah. Nette Begrüßung... Ich hoffte natürlich, dass es Freudentränen waren. Einbildung ist ja bekanntlich auch eine Art der Bildung. Am nächsten Morgen fuhren John und ich an die Great Ocean Road, um Funkgeräte für das Adventure Rac [View Full Entry]

Ulli - Ulrike Berg | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 13th 2006 | 90 Views | [diary=81640]

Apollo Bay
The 12 Apostels

Well thank you very much to Jayne and Glenn who let me stay in their flat whilst I was in Melbourne, especially as it was Jayne's first week back at work! They also took me to see an Aussie rules game at the Telstra Dome which is something I've wanted to do since before I arrived in Australia! It was the Mighty Western Bulldogs vs the Carlton Blues -it was a very tense match and at times very close. The sport it is most closely related to is Gaelic Football but there are one or two differences, for example it is [View Full Entry]

windingwillow - sarah cornell | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 22nd 2006 | 68 Views | [diary=76681]

Glenn, Jayne and Mick at the game
Aussie rules.........not for wimps
It's hard to see, and you may not believe me but that is a whale and her calf

Howdy Quite a lot has happened since the Neighbours Night: some of it I could control, but alas some of it I couldn't. Me, Wilson and Bully went for a tour of the Rod Laver Arena, the place where the Australian Tennis Open is held in January every year. Outside the stadium there are a few statues of Australia's greatest ever players including unsuprisingly Rod Laver, who done a grand slam of the Grand Slams twice in his career (Aka The Aussie Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open in the same calendar year!) I'd thought Rod Laver was dead until Bull [View Full Entry]

Smudge - Michael Smith | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 5th 2006 | 282 Views | [diary=71443]

Cake, Cake,Cake
Me and T on Bells Beach
Round the Twist

when strange things happen, are you going Round The Twist" Totally over the whole addiction to all things Neighbours, we decided to embrace the inner child even more than we usually do with a visit to THE lighthouse from Round The Twist!! But more on that later... Myslef, Chris and Mike decided to take a guided tour around the Rod Laver Arena one chilly winter's arvo. This is the venue where tennis' Australian Open is held. Firstly you are greeted by a row of statues of some of the Greats of Ozzy tennis. Pride of place is given to the greatest [View Full Entry]

ec - Will Scott | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 11th 2006 | 104 Views | [diary=71712]

Round The Twist
Great Ocean Views
Road Trip

That's right. I went there twice. If you've read the previous blog, you'll remember how I won an all expenses paid trip for one to the Great Ocean Road at Neighhours Night. Well on Wednesday, I decided to take them up on their generous offer. The bus that I would be travelling on was due to pick me up at 7.15am (crazy early), so I had to get ready in the dark. This might explain why (as I was to find out later) I'd managed to put on one red and one green sock. The bus driver and our guide for [View Full Entry]

Tubs - Dan Holtby | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 5th 2006 | 177 Views | [diary=71715]

Take The Punge
You Cheeky Sod
Rainforest Schmainforest

One of the big things to see on the Great Ocean Road between Melbourne and Adelaide is the famous 12 Apostles, a poorly named tourist attraction. The 12 Apostles is a made up of freestanding limestone rock formations carved out the cliff side by the ocean waves and rain. It was originally called “The Sow and Piglets” but I guess they wanted a more grandiose name for the attraction. The current name would be fine if there were 12 rock formations visible at one time, but from the ground you can only see up to eight from the north and four [View Full Entry]

batgrl - AML | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 21st 2006 | 75 Views | [diary=70069]

Some Apostles
The London Bridge Fallen down
Bell's Beach

Goeiemorgen allemaal, Daar zit ik dan weer, op dat vervloekte vliegveld van Melbourne om 6 uu ‘s ochtends voor mijn wekelijkse martelgang naar Sydney. Nou ja, dit is week 4, nog paar weekjes te gaan. Heb namelijk begrepen dat men flinke vorderingen heeft gemaakt met CML betreffende de inzet van meer Manhattan resources (kan ook te maken hebben met het feit dat CML eindelijk inziet dat als je vertraging oploopt in het project en toch de gewenste deadline wilt halen, je extra mensen nodig hebt…) Het lijkt er zelfs op dat het op zeer korte termijn zou kunnen spelen, alleen heb [View Full Entry]

tunnie - Jackie & Robin | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: June 13th 2006 | 175 Views | [diary=66346]

Great Ocean Road
Great Ocean Road
Great Ocean Road

Hello again everyone. Sorry we haven't written lately, busy at work. On April 24th we picked up our first Caravan in Adelaide. Thank goodness the way to the highway was a straight line, as this was only the 3rd time driving on the wrong side of the road. We go a 2 berth Toyota van, a little thing. Gas powered 5 speeds. Our first main stop was McDonalds, nothing says going a long driving trip like eating a greasy breakfast. Stopped in Murray Bridge, although we were a little disappointed, we didn’t meet Murray or a bridge, or any of the [View Full Entry]

Neil Heather - Neil/Heather Hofmann | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: June 8th 2006 | 123 Views | [diary=65075]