The Great Ocean Road

The road along the ocean offers some breathtaking views. Chasing Cicco up and down the windy road, we arrived at our Motel in Apollo Bay. The owners were very welcoming and our room was superb. But somehow it must be alergy season here, because we were both feeling very tired and thus spent most of our time there sleeping. Never the less, it was a lovely town.

On our way to Portland we stopped at the magnificent old light house at Cape Otway. There, we saw a French couple, which, we would find out later, would accompany us for quite a while on our trip. :) We looked out at the open Southern Ocean, imagining that the next land you would reach would be the Antartica.

After reading up on the many ship wrecks in that area, we left for the 12 Apostles, the Arche, the Grotto and the London Bridge, all breathtaking rock formations formed by the powerful and thundering waves.

When we finally made it to Portland, our motel was a bit rough. It was situated at the back of a hotel in a dark back alley and quite a few drunks were lingering outside the rooms. But then again, it made the experience an interesting one :)

The next day we left the coast and headed north towards the Grampians and Halls Gap...