Headed to Torquay Foreshore CP for 3 nights in a cabin, left
the trailer at home as we wanted a base as the intent was to travel the historic and iconic Great ocean road and see as much as possible:
Day 1:
left home Friday morning and arrived around Midday fortunately the cabin was ready early and we were allowed in, unpacked and went for a drive stopping
at Point Addis then on to Aireys Inlet to have a look at the “Split
Point” lighthouse and a beer @ Aireys pub on the way back. Dinner in town at a
place called “Bottle of milk” recommended by Kirstie and a feed of burgers and
fries washed down with a number of drinks, back to cabin for an early night
after some more drinks.
Day 2:
Breakfast at Maccas then we handed to the “great ocean road”
scenic drive stopping at a number of spots to take photos and watch the
tourists with their selfi sticks!!! What a laugh! Stopped at Lorne for a look
around (one of the best info centers we have been too) a great history on the
building of the GOR. Continuing along the GOR we stopped a spot where the W.B
Godfrey wreck grave site is situated.
Stop at Kennet river road house then on to Appolo Bay for a
coffee & snack then headed to the Cape Otway light house where they wanted
to charge $20+ per person needless to say we left. Then onto the Otway tree top
walk where they also charged $25 per head but this was something Linda wanted
to do so off for an hour walking around the rainforest on an elevated platform,
we got to one part where the walkway stretches out some 20 meters just suspended
out but the vibration of us walking “scared”
Linda / us so we headed back.
From here we headed back along the GOR to Torquay arriving
after dark, a couple of drinks then into bed a big day out!!!
Day 3:
Up early and noticed the GPS in the car was missing (some
low life stole it overnight, must have left the car open) fortunately we had
the ipad and we headed towards the 12 apostles but to save time we headed
through Colac instead of the GOR as we wanted to spend most of the day looking
around this part. Well the viewing area was not what we expected at all of the
12 apostles there is a new info center being built, walkways all around the
area not what we were expecting at all, expected something similar to the
previous day we little areas to pull off the road and expecting buses everywhere.
The view when you first see it is certainly impressive, very impressive. We
headed along towards Port Campbell where we visited another “info center”,
coffee and scones the off towards Peterborough where along this stretch is some
other stops visiting rock formations on the coast line turned around and headed
back along the GOR to Torquay.
Stopped at Apollo bay for a beer/scotch, then hot chips at
Lorne and Linda brought a “chiko roll” why I will never know then back to
Torquay late afternoon a walk around the beach foreshore and a ice cream in town
then back to the cabin another earlyish night and home Monday, a great 3 days
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