Day 22: The Ocean Road
Well we're up early to get away from Melbourne and embark on The Great Ocean Road. I'm still a little fuzzy from the dizzy heights of last night. However we make our way to the car hire place to find ourselves picking up a nifty little Toyota Corolla (much newer than our Kiwi car), I'm reliably informed there are no Sat Navs, Tom Toms etc available for hire, we are to rely on free maps to get us there, although having no onward accomodation booked we don't quite know where 'there' is yet!
Matt navigates us superbly out of the city and soon we're off the freeway and onto the ocean road. The scenery opens impressively in front of us and the weather is fantastic (it's been really great all through our stay in Melbourne). We stop occassionally to admire the views then take a longer break in Apollo Bay so that we can source accommodation for the next two nights and get a bite to eat.
We've decided upon a small village called Port Campbell to stay for the next few nights, the hotellier seems surprised we've booked two nights. Enroute we stop at the stunning 12 Apostles and Matt has timed the journey perfectly to coincide with sun set. We're not alone, this is clearly 'the' spot for tourists to stop and 'the' time (not sure if right useage of ' ') anyway me and my entourage of tourists are click happy as the sun set delivers at least 150 digital picture postcards.
Delighted with the view and anticipating more tomorrow we make to our motel, it's not quite to our exacting standards but the hotellier is very welcoming and we settle in Port Campbell for the night, a few local beers and a meal and we're set for tomorrow.
Matt navigates us superbly out of the city and soon we're off the freeway and onto the ocean road. The scenery opens impressively in front of us and the weather is fantastic (it's been really great all through our stay in Melbourne). We stop occassionally to admire the views then take a longer break in Apollo Bay so that we can source accommodation for the next two nights and get a bite to eat.
We've decided upon a small village called Port Campbell to stay for the next few nights, the hotellier seems surprised we've booked two nights. Enroute we stop at the stunning 12 Apostles and Matt has timed the journey perfectly to coincide with sun set. We're not alone, this is clearly 'the' spot for tourists to stop and 'the' time (not sure if right useage of ' ') anyway me and my entourage of tourists are click happy as the sun set delivers at least 150 digital picture postcards.
Delighted with the view and anticipating more tomorrow we make to our motel, it's not quite to our exacting standards but the hotellier is very welcoming and we settle in Port Campbell for the night, a few local beers and a meal and we're set for tomorrow.
Join in for fun and frollics on the way to Port Fairy.
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