Australia 2013 - Great Ocean Road Cycle Day 4 - Skenes Creek to Melbourne 20130124_124255

Australia 2013 - Great Ocean Road Cycle Day 4 - Skenes Creek to Melbourne

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January 24th 2013
The day starts off cloudy. I'm awake before sunrise, and before then - I never did adjust to sleeping on the mat. I packed up and am off by 7 am. I plan to make it to Geelong by the end of day, which is roughly 110 km. My intermediate goal is to reach Lorne by midday, which is 40 km away. Birds, cicadas, crashing waves - these sounds surround me as I quietly roll north. Northbound traffic i ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Apollo Bay

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more