Blogs from Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 4

26th March ::: APOLLO BAY MUSIC FESTIVAL!!! I met some people on couchsurfing and we stayed in their driveway - apparent the music festival for this tiny town was much like coast guard for grand haven. Everyone who knows someone in the town came to stay and the place filled up and it was a great time! Byron and I volunteered for free tickets and had a ball. The next day we checked wristbands at this surf club that was really really slow so I decided to teach myself how to skateboard. Oh really allie? Not smart. Well I was doing fine until I got a bit confident and then tried to stop and hit a kerb (YES that is how they spell it here. Bah!) and I fell ad injured me elbow. Wouchers!!! the people ... read more

Well, we are in Melbourne now having spent nearly a week on the road to get here. Once we got to Adelaide we spent a few days here catching up with two friends from Williams and also doing a little sightseeing. Although the weather wasn't great, cooler temperatures and rain, it was actually a nice change from the scorching hot desert heat we had just come from. We spent one whole day at Cleland Wildlife Park which is a wildlife centre in a conservation park in the Adelaide hills, so not too far out of the city. We spent the day feeding wallabies and Kangaroos which was amazing in itself. Not to mention we got to see a wombat, a first for us and they are about four times the size we thought they were going ... read more

We awake at 0645 slightly dusty after several bottles of wine the previous evening. The plan for the day relatively simple - head out for the 12 apostles. 1 good breakfast down - recommend our B&B btw albeit a touch expensive perhaps but really really good. We’re on the road at 8.30pm ahead of schedule and on route. Given we’re ahead of time, we decide to do at least 1 site en-route to the apostles, we opt for the Cape Otway. We take the long drive down from the B100 stopping 3 times enroute to admire the Koala bears - Claire was adoring them. We eventually get to the light house then a category 1 situation arises. I turn to Claire and say; “It’s a bit breezy, do you think we should take our jackets? Sh*&, ... read more

We couldn´t help ourselves! We had to do it. We had to do something we couldn´t possibly do back home at Christmas. So yip. We hired ourselves a motor and disappeared off to beautiful Appollo Bay, Victoria for crazy Christmas antics on the beach. Of course before all that, we began Christmas day in Melbourne. A whizz in the kitchen, Jane prepared a special Christmas breakfast for us. We had delicious mouth-watering pancakes with scrummy maple syrup. Mmm. Heaven on a plate. And it was just as breakfast was about ready that I made my grand appearance dressed as Santa Claus. My outfit was complete with suit, hat, belt and beard!! And I even had a little Santa hat for dear Mr P - flashing lights and everything!! By early afternoon we were on the beach. ... read more

3rd December 2008 - LANDMARK HEAVEN!!! We set off on our journey along The Great Ocean Road. We only had a short distance to travel today but many stops to make along the way!!! The weather was a mix - 4 seasons in one hour just about covers it and I lost count of the number of times we put coats on and took them off. Oh well...a good workout for the arms if nothing else! You will notice that the theme of photographs has changed from us on a rock to the sea and a rock!! Compelling and rich viewing I am sure!! 1st Stop - Bay of Islands - Lots of rocks that had broken off from the main land and formed their own islands in the sea. Very picturesque! 2nd Stop - The ... read more