Great Ocean Road

[clemong888]

Great Ocean Road is a pretty long road that spans throughout the east coast of Victoria covering alot of beaches. the best way to go there is by car(car rentals can be found for abut 70aus a day). day tours are also available for about 100aus.roads are pretty windy, so i wouldn't really recommend it for people who gets car sick easily. it's about 2-3 hours drive from melbourne city.

first pit stop at some random beach

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dark clouds looming outside lorne, luckily it didn't rain.

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horse by the river.

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apollo bay. we stayed here for the night. a small town but it has a really good bakery! the strawberry dessert is to die for!

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cape otway and the lighthouse, apparently one of the oldest in the state of victoria.

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[clemong888]

sunrise view from apollo bay

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our trusted rented hyundai elantra enjoying the sun

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gibson's steps

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the main attraction of the great ocean road would be the 12 apostles but i must say that i was pretty disappointed with it. half of it has sunk or eroded by waves.

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otway fly, a 20aus cheap thrill. it lets you climb this tower where u're almost as tall as the forest. pretty scary when its windy though. there is also this cantilever where its only supported by 2 beams. definitely not for people scared of heights. my friend was pretty shaken up :P

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sadly, it was only a 2 day trip or we would have headed down further to see the london bridge and shipwreck cove. there are alot of photographic opportunities along the way,hence my suggestion to drive and take your time :)

[AhMah]

Like always, I've enjoyed looking at your pixs.
Sunrise over Apollo is so serene!

The 2nd time we were on the Great Ocean, took a smaller road that winds thru deserted farmland. Remember the wind was gushing, and we got down every now and then to get the wind in our hair kind of feeling...haha

Waiting to see your Grampians pix. Our plans to do Grampians was fouled up after we failed to get a one way car hire from Adelaide to Melbourne. Ended up with the overnight bus . think it's called "Greyhound' or something like dat..it was a real torture!

[clemong888]

Like always, I've enjoyed looking at your pixs.
Sunrise over Apollo is so serene!

The 2nd time we were on the Great Ocean, took a smaller road that winds thru deserted farmland. Remember the wind was gushing, and we got down every now and then to get the wind in our hair kind of feeling...haha

Waiting to see your Grampians pix. Our plans to do Grampians was fouled up after we failed to get a one way car hire from Adelaide to Melbourne. Ended up with the overnight bus . think it's called "Greyhound' or something like dat..it was a real torture!

thanks :)

haha, yea the wind blows like mad over there. i was shivering taking those sunrise pics. the wind during winter ain't pleasant!

i took a tour to grampians as my friends were busy, so everything was taken in a rush :P will post it up soon.