Despite a hard sell from the desk manager at the Portsea Hotel to stay, we decided to leave the tip of the Mornington Peninsula to hit the Great Ocean road. After breakfast in Sorrento, we caught a ferry across Port Phillip Bay to Queenscliff.
The spotty weather continued today, so our first stop was the Ripcurl headquarters in Torquay (one of the major surf destinations in the world that launched a host of well-known brands), followed by a visit to Blackwell's brewery for a tasting. Afterwards, once the weather got a bit better, we visited the famous Bell's beach to see some surfing, followed by a short hike highlighting aborigines - also in Torquay. After that we began our ride down the Great Ocean road, stopping periodically to enjoy the thundering Southern Ocean. Right around sunset, and on the recommendation of the brewery we visited, we had dinner and drinks at the Wye River Hotel, which prominently looks out over the sea. Now halfway through our final road trip, we turned into our rental in Grey River (a town of 8 homes) to stay with the first non-European to ever wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France (11 times).
The spotty weather continued today, so our first stop was the Ripcurl headquarters in Torquay (one of the major surf destinations in the world that launched a host of well-known brands), followed by a visit to Blackwell's brewery for a tasting. Afterwards, once the weather got a bit better, we visited the famous Bell's beach to see some surfing, followed by a short hike highlighting aborigines - also in Torquay. After that we began our ride down the Great Ocean road, stopping periodically to enjoy the thundering Southern Ocean. Right around sunset, and on the recommendation of the brewery we visited, we had dinner and drinks at the Wye River Hotel, which prominently looks out over the sea. Now halfway through our final road trip, we turned into our rental in Grey River (a town of 8 homes) to stay with the first non-European to ever wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France (11 times).
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