Sunday, 21 April 2013

Great Ocean Road

After quite a blast of wintery weather I wasn't looking forward to the ferry from Sorento to Queenscliffe, but the seas calmed and the sun shone for our 40 minute trip past the heads over to the other side of Port Phillip Bay. 




 
Port Lonsdale was our first Port of call (pardon the pun) once we had alighted, it was full full hidden delights, the clarity of the many rock pools was astounding, and the rock formations that made you appear to walk out to the breaking seas. You wouldn't have a Buckley's chance of surviving  out there, which by the way is the place that saying comes from, Buckley was an escaped convict who survived for 30 years at this site living with the local aboriginal tribe, white society couldn't believe he could have survived hence "buckley's chance".




Heading further along the coast, the wintery weather returned but Wow, What a coast line, and the company wasnn't bad either.  Dave and Julie braved the cold and met up with us down at Otway National Park, where the koalas and echidnas, foxes and even a mouse kept our company too.



 






Do you know there were never twelve apostles, there was ever only 9 and now due to corrosion only 7 remain



We enjoyed being back in the van and are now looking forward to moving on to the snow fields
Brrr. Even though Les may catch one more game before our departure.  We'll see.

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