The Great Ocean Road
After a Week in Melbourne seeing the sites, going to night markets and film festivals we reluctantly moved on. The van had had a few problems with a smokey cabin so we took it to a mechanic who immediately solved the problem - the whole end of the exhaust pipe was missing! Oops not sure how we didn't hear it fall off! Any way the van is good as new now and ready to tackle The Great Ocean Road.
The Great Ocean road runs between Melbourne and Adelaide and follows the cliffs of the ferocious southern ocean. Massive waves pound the limestone cliffs day and night and have created a series of stacks and arches along the coast line referred to as the 12 apostles (although one fell down a couple of years ago so now there are no longer 12). The rock formations were pretty impressive and we spent a few days exploring them but also along the G.O.R we passed crater lakes of bright cobalt blue and read tales of the many shipwrecks caused by the angry sea which has nothing separating the coast from the Antarctic. The weather was a big shocker for us as its freezing down south and we had to rug up in what was left of our winter clothes having sent most of them home with Hollands parents brrrrrrr.
We took a small detour near the end of the G.O.R to a little town called Cape Bridgewater where we walked through a petrified forest (trees that have been turned to stone) and beside ocean blow holes up the highest ocean cliff in the state to see a colony of about 650 seals all frolicking, showing off with big jumps and dives and relaxing in the sun. Wildlife spottings have become more and more frequent since we arrived on the south coast with kangaroos and wallabies such a constant presence in the campsites we stay at that we don't bother to take photos. However near the end of the G.O.R we saw absolutely loads of kolas in the trees surrounding the road, and we were pretty chuffed. We are not sure of the collective noun for a group of kolas but a "snooze" seems to adeptly describe their lazy manner so we claim we saw a whole snooze of koalas.
We spent our last night before arriving in Adelaide beside the Murray river. Australia is currently in a severe drought and the Murray is the largest river providing a lot of drinking water and we did our bit by drinking the local beer brew in a traditional aussie pub on the river where we got the suspicious looks usual to foreigners in local pubs!
love Holland and Becky
The Great Ocean road runs between Melbourne and Adelaide and follows the cliffs of the ferocious southern ocean. Massive waves pound the limestone cliffs day and night and have created a series of stacks and arches along the coast line referred to as the 12 apostles (although one fell down a couple of years ago so now there are no longer 12). The rock formations were pretty impressive and we spent a few days exploring them but also along the G.O.R we passed crater lakes of bright cobalt blue and read tales of the many shipwrecks caused by the angry sea which has nothing separating the coast from the Antarctic. The weather was a big shocker for us as its freezing down south and we had to rug up in what was left of our winter clothes having sent most of them home with Hollands parents brrrrrrr.
We took a small detour near the end of the G.O.R to a little town called Cape Bridgewater where we walked through a petrified forest (trees that have been turned to stone) and beside ocean blow holes up the highest ocean cliff in the state to see a colony of about 650 seals all frolicking, showing off with big jumps and dives and relaxing in the sun. Wildlife spottings have become more and more frequent since we arrived on the south coast with kangaroos and wallabies such a constant presence in the campsites we stay at that we don't bother to take photos. However near the end of the G.O.R we saw absolutely loads of kolas in the trees surrounding the road, and we were pretty chuffed. We are not sure of the collective noun for a group of kolas but a "snooze" seems to adeptly describe their lazy manner so we claim we saw a whole snooze of koalas.
We spent our last night before arriving in Adelaide beside the Murray river. Australia is currently in a severe drought and the Murray is the largest river providing a lot of drinking water and we did our bit by drinking the local beer brew in a traditional aussie pub on the river where we got the suspicious looks usual to foreigners in local pubs!
love Holland and Becky
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