http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Great-Ocean-Road/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Victoria , Great Ocean Road en-us Wed, 25 Nov 09 18:45:53 +0000 Wed, 25 Nov 09 18:45:53 +0000 Oct 313 2009 Australia Adventure for the second year in a row... This time VictoriaAustralia...the land of warmth...not this time around. We had a fabulous trip but it was cold. The kids got to surf only twice and were really glad we had the wet suits We also brought all of our tennis racquets with us and played several times It was more like tennis weather than surfing weather. But i http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Great-Ocean-Road/blog-445667.html Sleep Deprivated.Blummin Scots Rebuild that wall pleaseLast night as you will gather from the previous blog When I finish it I had a few drinks.Not by choice Of course not. I was pinned to the bar and fed gin through a straw. ...so I got to bed at 1am.I got up at 630.Not good when you're on a massive double decker coach winding round the Great Ocean Road GOR.Really not good.Yes. A huge http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Great-Ocean-Road/blog-427839.html We done a runner from our hostel in Mildura cos we owed them money Ha ha Don't worry tho it was only 16 so i'm pretty sure we're not one of Australia's Most Wanted Anyway we flew down to Melbourne from a tiny airport maybe the same size as Dundee's. We were meant to be getting the bus from Mildura to Melbourne bus as usual we left it too late and it was sold out so had to fly down on a r http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Great-Ocean-Road/blog-425473.html Hello allBack after a 4 day trip along the Great Ocean Road staying for 1 night each at Apollo Bay Port Talbot and Warrnambool.We travelled back along the inland route via ColacAfter we spent 1 night in Melbourne Joan and I went to Phillip Island for 1 night to see the fairy penguins as they came up the beach at dusk back to their nests. No photos allowed so it doesn't frighten the penguins as th http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Great-Ocean-Road/blog-421919.html Day 63 Monday 220609 NJJDrove to 12 Apostles again to see them in morning light but this wasn't as expected as it's Winter the sun is not very high in the sky so there were plenty of shadows and it didn't satisfy my need to take beautiful photos. The Great Ocean Road was as its name suggests 'Great'. The scenery is beautiful. Jamie saw an animal as he was driving but he didn't know what it w http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Great-Ocean-Road/blog-420996.html Day 62 Sunday 210609 NJJStarted journey at Logan's Whale Nursery didn't see any whales out at sea though. On next to the Great Ocean Road. Saw 'London Bridge' The Arch and Loch Ard Gorge. Lunch at van. Fantastic coastline the waves are immensely powerful and very beautiful. Last stop along the way was 'The Twelve Apostles' although you can't see twelve of them. The afternoon light was not http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Great-Ocean-Road/blog-420993.html So we left Melbourne on Sunday morning and headed south towards Geelong and from there on to Torquay and the Great Ocean Road. We were a bit unlucky for this part of the trip as it was pretty much wet and windy the whole way. There were some really pretty parts of the drive but a lot of it was inland I think only about 1015 of it was actually along the coast. We saw the twelve apostles but it w http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Great-Ocean-Road/blog-416717.html We took our newtous oldtotherestoftheworld car on a little trip for the bank holiday weekend. The Queen's birthday bank holiday reminded us suitably of bank holidays at home with grey skies and chilly afternoons but still we can't really complain seeing as it is nearly midwinter and camping was really pretty pleasant. We headed off from Richmond early on Saturday morning towards the G http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Great-Ocean-Road/blog-406798.html Suzy Swift and I hit the road this morning leaving Adelaide and heading for a small coastal town called Robe. Quite an uneventful drive just getting used to the car and the roads as this was my first time driving in Australia. Itrsquos pretty easy going some long straight stretches of road and the occasional windy bit. I made a couple of stops along the way one at a small town called Kin http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Great-Ocean-Road/blog-402473.html Since we arrived in Australia we'd been threatening to take ourselves down the Great Ocean Road and visit some of the beautiful spots which everyone raves about so we booked some accommodation and setoff to spend a few days over Easter checking out somewhere new.We setoff on Friday morning and loaded up the car with all our stuff and some provisions. We drove through to Lorne which a holida http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Great-Ocean-Road/blog-401829.html Ok so it was my last weekend here really sad. I wanted to enjoy it with some good friends and a bit relaxing. We decided to rent a car and leave Saturday morning to come back Sunday night. To get to the great ocean road it was a 1.5 hour drive and then the beautiful scenery last for hours if you want to go that far. All along the great ocean road there are beautiful rock formations and pull offs http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Great-Ocean-Road/blog-396481.html We finished the 2009 grape harvest and were ready to hit the road Before leaving Mildura we decided to take a day trip to Mungo National Park. Remote and isolated the park is home to at least 40000 years of continuous human habitation. Human remains found on site in the 1970s that have been dated at over 40000 years are not only the oldest archelogical findings in Australia but is also th http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Great-Ocean-Road/blog-393846.html 12454125231252312363124252411212387123901236512383327162608512290123811237512390260892639712290653196532712288653356531765331653321239212356123581246412524125401248812458125401247112515125311252512540124891260851248412450125401239521442211521237512414 http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Great-Ocean-Road/Torquay/blog-392712.html There Are Easier Ways to See the Sights Prior to November 2008 I had never ridden a bike but one day I walked into a bike store and asked them to point me in the direction of an entry level bicycle. I was determined that 2009 would be the Year of Fitness until a couple of weeks ago turned it into Year of Travel how things change. So I spent the holidays training hard with one event being http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Great-Ocean-Road/Torquay/blog-387843.html DAY 129We woke up at Aire River on a very cold and extremely wet morning the weather just seemed to be getting worse.The tent was totally soaked still we stuck it out we were warm and dry in our camper trailer it had rained most of the night and the wind gave us a real battering. In true Andy Trenfield style I still had my shorts and flip flops thongs on there was not a chance of surrende http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Great-Ocean-Road/blog-382470.html DAY 128Although sleeping quite well I awoke a few times in the night when the ship was doing its best to rock about. It was not a calm night but it was also not the roughest of seas that we have sailed in. Sometimes you could feel the boat almost come to a standstill when it hit a wave.Andy was doing his best to disappear around the corner without waking me he wanted to finish writing yesterd http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Great-Ocean-Road/blog-382128.html Plus on avance en Australie et plus on se rend compte de ses nombreux points communs climatiques avec..la HauteSavoie. Disons pour simplifier que le temps que nous avons la mimars fin de l't pourrait tre dcemment compar un bon mois d'avril savoyard. Donc entre 15 et 20c gris humide pluvieux et un lac lman en forme d'ocan pacifique sal et froid et lgrement plus agit que l'o http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Great-Ocean-Road/blog-381788.html Am 10Mrz genau ein Monat bevor ich in Frankfurt lande D freu mich schon sehr habe ich mir mit 2deutschen Mdels aus meinem Haus und einer Englnderin ein Auto gemietet um die Great Ocean Road zu befahren. Die Strecke ist super schn es hat sich total gelohnt und mit den Mdels wars sehr lustigFotos sprechen fr sich http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Great-Ocean-Road/blog-380770.html And so to Australia From the start this was one destination we both agreed we were definately going to visit and we were finally here touching down in Melbourne. Due to bad planning on our behalf we hadnt realised it was the tennis open in melbourne the same week and as a result the hostel prices were sky high and most places booked out so we hired a campervan our hippie camper and heade http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Great-Ocean-Road/blog-380421.html Everyone talked about it and said it was not to be missed so we dug deep and forked out 165 for a 2 day 1 night tour of the Great Ocean Road.The first stop was at Tower Hill a nature park where we were assured we would see emus and koalas and if we were lucky some kangaroos. Well 2 out of 3 ain't bad the elusive kangaroo not wishing to make an appearance for us that day. We then drove on http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Great-Ocean-Road/blog-377624.html