Great Ocean Road
My hostel had a travel agency on one of the floors. There was also one next door. And another two doors down. And even more down the street, around the corner, EVERYWHERE. With the constant barrage of brochures with pictures of gorgeous locations and "deals", even the strongest can give in. But I'm superwoman, and they can't phase me...just kidding.
Ann-Marie, Pip, and I decided to book a trip down the Great Ocean Road to see the Twelve Apostles. Everyone says it's a beautiful drive with views on views. It constantly comes up as one of the top things-to-do when visiting this area of the country. But I would like to give my readers some advice: rent your own damn car.
Beginning of the Great Ocean Road
The bus of doom.
The road is winding and the 24-person bus is nauseating. My eyes were closed for most of the 12 hour trip. And you'll want more than 30 min at these places; they are too good for a tour timeline. We do have one major pro though: I finally tried Vegemite.
Poor innocent face doesn't know what's coming.
The look of disgust may say otherwise, but it wasn't the worst. Might be okay with butter on toast. Not as a dollup straight out of the tube.
First, we stopped for lunch at a koala sanctuary/crappy campground. We saw hoards of colorful birds and two koalas. It was all wonderfully exciting until he came down the tree and people swarmed the poor thing to get selfies. If you didn't know, koalas are wild animals and can rip your face off with their sharp claws, so you probably shouldn't chase it. Go pay an expert to dope it up on eucalyptus before your photo sesh. Rant over.
Now let's jump to the good stuff. Fun facts about the Twelve Apostles:
- There have only ever been 9 apostles. Liars.
- One recently collapsed, so now there are 8 and a pile of rocks.
- It was originally called the Sow & her Piglets, but that wasn't marketable enough.
- They are B E A U T I F U L
- I took way too many photos.
Lookout for the Twelve Apostles
I think these are a couple piglets and the dead one...
Razorback and the Island Archway
Loch Ard Gorge
Loch Ard Gorge
Pip, Ann-Marie, and me loving the beach
This cutie is an echidna. He's like a mix between an anteater, a porcupine, and a scardy cat. He burrowed into the grass as soon as we found him, but stuck his nose out for a quick glamour shot.
Gibsons Steps beach
