The Great Ocean Road, Australia's most famous stretch of road, 250km winding it's way from Torquay to Warrnambool.
Wind down the windows for a unique perfume of bush and beach, gums and seawater!
Yannick, Alan and I bundle into Alan's little zippy city car, map on knees, water bottles full, picnic a-ready, camera out and poised, when......tut tut tut... the batterys dead. OK no panic Mr Mannering, jump start leads out and "we are getting down and oily." (I say a little too enthousiastically....)
First stop: Point Adis, Tall orange cliffs majestically looming over an incredibily calm and placid sea. The water is turquoise and rather fitting with the rust-like rock. 10 minutes in total to swallow the breathtaking view and back in the car we jump. (Only to jump back out again as the battery refuses to charge....)
Second stop: Airey's inlet, A Breton style lighthouse perched on top of a very big cliff face ... This stretch of the coast was once called Shipwreck coast, i will let you guess why..
We stop for delicious scones, cream and home-made jam at the lighthouse stables. (Very fitting for an english lady like myself, what what)
We have parked on a hill, no problems getting the engine running..
Third stop: Apollo Bay, not as amazing as it's name....nor were the fish and chips!
It's getting late in the day, so we decide to push on to the 12 Apostles, a couple of hours drive down the coast.
Wind down the windows for a unique perfume of bush and beach, gums and seawater!
Yannick, Alan and I bundle into Alan's little zippy city car, map on knees, water bottles full, picnic a-ready, camera out and poised, when......tut tut tut... the batterys dead. OK no panic Mr Mannering, jump start leads out and "we are getting down and oily." (I say a little too enthousiastically....)
(2 hours later)
Back in the car, revving like mad, we are off! Direction The Great Ocean Road. (if we can get there..ahem)
First stop: Point Adis, Tall orange cliffs majestically looming over an incredibily calm and placid sea. The water is turquoise and rather fitting with the rust-like rock. 10 minutes in total to swallow the breathtaking view and back in the car we jump. (Only to jump back out again as the battery refuses to charge....)
Second stop: Airey's inlet, A Breton style lighthouse perched on top of a very big cliff face ... This stretch of the coast was once called Shipwreck coast, i will let you guess why..
We stop for delicious scones, cream and home-made jam at the lighthouse stables. (Very fitting for an english lady like myself, what what)
We have parked on a hill, no problems getting the engine running..
Third stop: Apollo Bay, not as amazing as it's name....nor were the fish and chips!
It's getting late in the day, so we decide to push on to the 12 Apostles, a couple of hours drive down the coast.
Forth stop: A random Gum tree forest, We turn off the road and take a little track, steeply up and seriously overgrown. We don't have to go far before we start seeing what we are searching for....balls of fluff up in the trees. KOALAS! (Get a little bit carried away and spend an hour or two taking photos!)
Final Stop: The 12 Apostles. (or 7 as we later find out..) Now you may have seen many a photo of these blood orange rocks sticking out of the sea, but until you see them for real, do you realize their grandeur and beauty. As you stand in awe of their incredible-ness (sorrounded by babbeling chinese doing the Victory sign for photos...?!) you realize that natural beauty and splendour is impossible to recreate through man's own hand.
Final Stop: The 12 Apostles. (or 7 as we later find out..) Now you may have seen many a photo of these blood orange rocks sticking out of the sea, but until you see them for real, do you realize their grandeur and beauty. As you stand in awe of their incredible-ness (sorrounded by babbeling chinese doing the Victory sign for photos...?!) you realize that natural beauty and splendour is impossible to recreate through man's own hand.
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