Blogs from Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 5

We’re Driving a Mercedes... November 6, 2008 The views from Great Ocean Road from Apollo Bay to Torquay were just as the guidebook described them…spectacular! We stopped at almost every overlook turning a two-hour drive into an all morning affair. My favorite stop was at Lorne, the surfing capital of Australia. I could live there, it’s a gorgeous town. I think Joe liked Bells Beach the best. It’s a popular surfing spot because of the way the waves break. We watched the surfers there for quite a while. Joe was wishing he had a board and wetsuit with him. There were koalas all over the place, we even had to stop to let one cross the road in front of us. They really must be one of the cutest creatures on earth. We saw more echidnas, ... read more

I know I take ages to get the blog on these days,not had the use of many computers,anyway its here the last bit of Oz After waving Mum, Vicky and Andy off we were back at John and Sue's ( balling our eyes out) but planning the next trip,Weve decided or rather Neil has! to take the car (maggie) and the tent this time,this should be intresting,so were going off down the Great Ocean Road again and then across to Adelaide and to Kangeroo Island,we plan to do about 4-5 weeks as we need to be back at the port in Melbourne to send Blossom( the campervan) off to England, this why we have the car now. Got all packed up and were ready for off,we got to Apollo Bay Neil loves it here, no room ... read more

Friday morning - and an early start. Not because we were leaving early - but because I was on clothes washing chores (hope you are impressed, Sally the Snake / Monster in Law!). Although C was happy to re-wear clothes, me being me, I wasn’t - so had to get up at 7.30am to put on the washing machine. Serves me right, eh! Washing done, we headed in to Apollo Bay for breakfast at the Great Ocean Road Deli - homemade museli and toast all round! Then back to the Sandpiper Motel to jump in the car and head towards the Twelve Apostles. The Twelve Apostles lie about 90km further west on the Great Ocean Road, and are regarded as one of Australia’s most stunning natural features. Although the drive down didn’t quite live up to ... read more

G’s turn to write today - I think this was a ‘guy’ day rather than one for the girls, so have been given the writing duties! We spent a couple of hours this morning before we left Philip Island finalising our new revised itinerary after our lovely breakfast again. C went again for the poached eggs - whilst I went for the poached eggs with bacon and mushrooms (how was the toast, Homer?) After finalising our travel schedule for next week, we eventually left Phillip Island just on 12 noon and headed towards Apollo Bay and the Great Ocean Road - a drive I have been looking forward to since we booked this trip. Stage one of the journey was from Phillip Island to the small town of Sorrento. Sorrento sits at the western edge of ... read more

After all the excitement (not to mention early starts) of the past few days, I was definitely in need of somewhere to chill out for a while. So I headed back to the Great Ocean Road, to a place called Apollo Bay (Paradise by the Sea, according to the sign). It promised good walks, a sandy beach - maybe a chance to try out my new bikini? Not bloody likely! Too damn cold! The first day I was there the high was 17 degrees. I thought this was meant to be summer? Anyway, Apollo Bay was lovely - apart from the lack of beach weather, it was definitely what I was looking for. I was there for three nights, staying in the new YHA. It was beautiful....all natural wood, stone floors and floor to ceiling windows. ... read more