It was very windy heading down to the coast today, speed was right down but we followed the roads least travelled and stayed away from the traffic. We hit the south coast at Warrnambool and turned east. The Great Ocean Road starts around here.
We got talking to one of the park rangers. He and his wife had just finished a 10 week "loop" of Australia on a Harley. He'd decided it was pretty expensive and had no problems with the bike. Must be an exception... He told us to stay at the Pricetown Recreation Reserve. He said the other places were way too expensive. So we stayed at the reserve at $15/night right on the beach on the ocean side of the road, well out of the wind with great facilities with about 20 other happy campers.
We drove from here through to Lorne stopping at every lookout, lighthouse and any other feature along the way. It was wet and windy so we were travelling slowly and it took us all day to get there.
Our first sight of the coast east of Warrnambool.
The 12 Apostles. We were here with about 29 tourist busses (all with their own interpreters), helicopters racing overhead and all competing for space near the fence to get some reasonable pictures.
The tradies in the 1800's knew how to build things that last. I wonder if "Ashlar Bonding" is included in trade training these days.
Cape Otway Lighthouse. $20/person to tour and unless you are in the know, you only find out the price after you've driven the 15k to get here. The drive in is nice but!
We got talking to one of the park rangers. He and his wife had just finished a 10 week "loop" of Australia on a Harley. He'd decided it was pretty expensive and had no problems with the bike. Must be an exception... He told us to stay at the Pricetown Recreation Reserve. He said the other places were way too expensive. So we stayed at the reserve at $15/night right on the beach on the ocean side of the road, well out of the wind with great facilities with about 20 other happy campers.
We drove from here through to Lorne stopping at every lookout, lighthouse and any other feature along the way. It was wet and windy so we were travelling slowly and it took us all day to get there.
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