Early morning, when we woke up to leave the hotel, we spotted these hot air balloons outside. They were very lucky with the weather.
After we left Melbourne and Geelong behind us we could finally start our Great Ocean Road drive. The first stop would be
Bells beach. This beach is famous for surfing. It was also featured in some movie(s). There is a look out point. This is the view to the right.
A closer look reveals a bunch of surfers.
Looking to the left shows even more surfers. Black seems to be the fashion these days.
There is always one...
The waves were not too big I think. A lot of the surfers seemed to be waiting for that one perfect wave. It was cool to see them ride the waves though.
We drove on and encountered very different views but all equally beautiful.
We had lunch in a town called Lorne. Really nice place with a good atmosphere.
You say Great Ocean road, you say 12 Apostles. While you're there, why not check out what everybody talks about. It's a bunch of rocks. Big rocks. They kinda stand out. Some have collapsed so there are only about 7 left I believe.
Here's another two. They even do commercial flights in helicopters so you can see them from the air. It was nice to see but I can't say I was awed or anything. When we drove on, we actually saw another 50 rocks like these but a bit smaller further up the coast.
Another stunning view. Every now and again you pass a place where a little river comes in to the ocean. Intriguing, exciting and beautiful. Sweet water comes in to the salt water. You never really see a river flowing over the beach. Well, I haven't seen it before.
There were also places where you drive through bits of rain forest. Stunning. No manicuring here. 100% wild growth.
And then we saw this swampy area. Lots of cows. it looked like The NL! A Dutchie must've settled here when it was still a lake and thought "Hey, I can pump this water out!". Again, intriguing.
Often it looked a lot like Ireland. And I mean a LOT.
Early morning, when we woke up to leave the hotel, we spotted these hot air balloons outside. They were very lucky with the weather.
After we left Melbourne and Geelong behind us we could finally start our Great Ocean Road drive. The first stop would be Bells beach. This beach is famous for surfing. It was also featured in some movie(s). There is a look out point. This is the view to the right.
A closer look reveals a bunch of surfers.
Looking to the left shows even more surfers. Black seems to be the fashion these days.
There is always one...
The waves were not too big I think. A lot of the surfers seemed to be waiting for that one perfect wave. It was cool to see them ride the waves though.
We drove on and encountered very different views but all equally beautiful.
We had lunch in a town called Lorne. Really nice place with a good atmosphere.
You say Great Ocean road, you say 12 Apostles. While you're there, why not check out what everybody talks about. It's a bunch of rocks. Big rocks. They kinda stand out. Some have collapsed so there are only about 7 left I believe.
Here's another two. They even do commercial flights in helicopters so you can see them from the air. It was nice to see but I can't say I was awed or anything. When we drove on, we actually saw another 50 rocks like these but a bit smaller further up the coast.
Another stunning view. Every now and again you pass a place where a little river comes in to the ocean. Intriguing, exciting and beautiful. Sweet water comes in to the salt water. You never really see a river flowing over the beach. Well, I haven't seen it before.
There were also places where you drive through bits of rain forest. Stunning. No manicuring here. 100% wild growth.
And then we saw this swampy area. Lots of cows. it looked like The NL! A Dutchie must've settled here when it was still a lake and thought "Hey, I can pump this water out!". Again, intriguing.
Often it looked a lot like Ireland. And I mean a LOT.
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