Blogs from Port Campbell, Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 3

Welcome to our blog. Pete is writing this because Cheryl deleted the first one. Today we rode 70k with a 24kph head wind - not fun! Actually Cheryl discovered when she downloaded the bike GPS to her laptop that we had done 73.4km. The secenery was gorgeous - rolling hills through farms and loads of cowlike smells. The views were spectacular, and the ambience peaceful. The last part of the day gave us great views and we visited the Bay of Islands, Bay of Martyrs, the Grotto, London Bridge and the arch. All quite fabulous, apart from the fact that the shockingly debilitating head wind meant that even going downhill we had to pedal - not fun! At the end of the day, one of us was absolutely exhausted, one moderately tired, one invigorated, and one ... read more

We just arrived from a overnight road trip to Port Campbell. On our way to Port Campbell we drove through the historic Great Ocean Road which z'd up along the Indian Ocean. Our trip started when we picked up the little red kia ria rental. The total drive took us about 5 hours to reach the natural wonder known as The Twelve Apostles. David was a great driver and tour guide. We took several stops to get pictures and had lunch at Apollo Bay. On our way to The Twelve Apostles, we saw a couple of koala bears on the side of the road. One was crawling on the road which we only drove by. The other koala bear was sleeping on a eucalyptus tree. The views along the coast were breathtaking, it reminded me of ... read more

Hello boys and girls! Sorry it's been a while! Have been making tracks since Melbourne!! We left Melbourne on Monday and stayed at Geelong for the night...u may recognise that place as they were in the AFL final...we saw the AFL final in Margaret River...its a massive event over here in Oz. Good times. Geelong was a nice place, felt more 'normal' than some other sketchy places that we have stayed in! The Wicked was a really fun part of our trip! A headturner and great to drive! Wasnt boring, we did 1200km in total. In Geelong we stayed near the beach...trying to rack my brain!! That's right my previous blog came from the seedy gamers place! It's all coming back now!! (quite dan! says my memory is shot). Ah yes how can i forget that ... read more

We’re back on the mainland of Australia after having taken a 6 AM flight from Hobart to Melbourne which included getting on the wrong bus and having to run to catch the right one. With all our luggage in tow! It is good to laugh at ourselves. We arranged for a shuttle bus to the airport at 4:45 AM and they said they would pick us up around the corner from our hotel. While we waited there, a shuttle pulled up in front of our hotel. We quickly brought our stuff back down there and loaded it on the bus. After a few moments, the driver looked at our vouchers and told us we were on the wrong bus. We got out and grabbed our luggage, only to see the shuttle we needed pulling up down ... read more

Back to good old Melbourne Australasia » Australia » Victoria » Port Campbell By KatieDJuly 11th 2007Katie Duggan We got up early and as reluctant as we were to leave our snug beds we knew we'd lots of driving to do. So we went to see lots more rock formations around the coast. We went to see where some ships were wrecked, lots have happened off the coast, it's not called the Shipwreck coast for nothing. On the road back towards Melbourne we decided to go see the 12 apostles to try to get better pictures in the sunlight. We drove onto Apollo Bay and stopped off for some lunch ... read more