The Great Great Ocean Road Trip.

After our extended Christmas stay in Melbourne we decided it was time to hit the open road once more. Ah the smell of adventure! With the companionship of Bertrande, our faithful steed, we set off on our five day long drive up the Great Ocean Road, through the Grampians and onward to Adelaide.

First stop was Torquay - a beach more reminiscent of Barry Island than Australia, except with surfers instead of donkeys. Anyway, we had a celebratory lunch of fish and chips at the seaside.

And five minutes drive brought us to the famous Bell's Beach.

After a brief stop over at Lorne (with a bath!) we journeyed on, spotting Koala's on the roadside. There is a suspicious Koala here somewhere, can you tell which one it is?

We took a detour down to visit 'Australia's most significant lighthouse'. Or something. Here we are at Cape Otway:

Ooh mister lighthouse keeper!

The main attraction of the trip was the rock formations along the great ocean road itself. We stopped to look at The 12 Apostles, London Bridge and The Loch Ard Gorge:

The 12 Apostles

London Arch (it was a bridge, but some fell down)

It started to get dark, so we decided to find lodgings for the night. After driving through some scary hillbilly towns and finding no luck (ie near Port Fairy, with one house and a dog) a kindly innkeeper in Warrnambool sent us to his friend and we spent the night in our own room above a pub for less than the price of a dorm bed!

Next Bertrande took us to The Grampians, stay tuned kids!