After a morning of driving down from Yarra Valley via the town of Yarra Glen, we eventually reached Torquay, the first town on the Great Ocean Road but also the home of Quicksliver and Billabong. For these two multinationals,this small seaside resort is where it all began.
Unfortunately the weather was grey and wet, so stopping off at the famous surfing Mecca of Bells Beach to find no surfers due to giant waves, wasn't quite what I had envisaged. So, we opted to head down to Anglesea, a small town by the sea. In fact not much different to rhe Ynys Mon I know from back home!
6 March
Day 3 of our Roadtrip took us to Aireys Inlet. There isn't much to see or do here but it's certainly worth stopping off at the lighthouse if you are old enough to remember 'Round the Twist'. We then headed onto Lorne and enjoyed some delicious fish and chips before driving the final leg to Port Campbell where we managed to catch the 12 Apostles at sunset. It was a fairly cloudy day so not a perfect sunset but I think I managed to get a few good snaps! The Apostles themselves are quite spectacular sandstone structures and certainly worth a visit. The council have cleverly set the main road back from the coast to stop people pulling in to take photos meaning it's impossible to see them whilst parking at the designated site and walking the underpass. It's amazing to watch the new formations begin to take place as at the moment you can only see 8 out of the original 12.
In the evening we set up camp at the Big4 campsite down the road in Port Campbell. A great little site with all the amenities you need!
7 March
All in all we have been pretty lucky with the weather. Thankfully we'd done the 12 Apostles the night before as the weather turned against us. The wind was howling and the rain hammered it down. I felt sorry for the drivers of the classic car rally who were doing a rally along the GOR. They clearly hadn't come prepared! Still, we managed to make the most of the hour respite of torrential rain to take a few snaps at Apollo Bay and Erskine Falls before heading back to Anglesea for our last night in the campervan.
Personally, I LOVED driving the Great Ocean Road. It was everything I expected and more....
It was challenging, scenic, and coastal. It surprised me at times, just how twisty it became but most of all I was surprised by the terrain. I expected it to be coastal the whole way but the middle section goes quite far inland meaning that you are almost driving through forests. Funnily enough, that bit reminded me of driving from Chiang. Mai to Pai in Northern Thailand.
All in all a truly GREAT Ocean Road drive!
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