What a day!
We started it off at the off-main coffee roaster "Hello Coffee." Once properly fueled, we made our first stop at Cape Otway, home of Australia's first, and given the number of shipwrecks in the area, most important lighthouse. But for us, this visit was all about the koalas. We spotted our first koala shortly after entering the park, and once adjusted, got damn good at finding them - so good that we had a small group of tourists from China following us. After finding over 10 of the cutest animal on the planet, we headed off to Johanna Beach, home to rugged surf and the alternate to Bell's Beach for the Ripcurl events.
After some time at the beach, we took an upstate detour into agricultural Timboon. Our first stop was a 3rd generation German organic cheesery for a full spread and local craft beer in their garden. And our second stop was Timboon Ice Cream for enormous sundaes. Having fully indulged, we returned to the Great Ocean Road to hit some big sites east of Port Campbell: the Grotto, Bay of Islands, Bay of Martyrs and The Arch. But of that run of sites, the absolute highlight was when Amanda spotted a kangaroo in a field as dusk was approaching. We pulled over and spent some time observing it, to find out it had two children with it, and that it was part of a much larger clan of about 5 families. We were able to see them eat, graze and run at full speed across and open field - amazing!
That should have been enough to end the trip, but we were still lucky enough to see the Loch Ard (where a ship ran aground on its last night from England, killing everyone but two passengers) and the 12 Apostles just in time for sunset.
Until next time Oz!!
We started it off at the off-main coffee roaster "Hello Coffee." Once properly fueled, we made our first stop at Cape Otway, home of Australia's first, and given the number of shipwrecks in the area, most important lighthouse. But for us, this visit was all about the koalas. We spotted our first koala shortly after entering the park, and once adjusted, got damn good at finding them - so good that we had a small group of tourists from China following us. After finding over 10 of the cutest animal on the planet, we headed off to Johanna Beach, home to rugged surf and the alternate to Bell's Beach for the Ripcurl events.
After some time at the beach, we took an upstate detour into agricultural Timboon. Our first stop was a 3rd generation German organic cheesery for a full spread and local craft beer in their garden. And our second stop was Timboon Ice Cream for enormous sundaes. Having fully indulged, we returned to the Great Ocean Road to hit some big sites east of Port Campbell: the Grotto, Bay of Islands, Bay of Martyrs and The Arch. But of that run of sites, the absolute highlight was when Amanda spotted a kangaroo in a field as dusk was approaching. We pulled over and spent some time observing it, to find out it had two children with it, and that it was part of a much larger clan of about 5 families. We were able to see them eat, graze and run at full speed across and open field - amazing!
That should have been enough to end the trip, but we were still lucky enough to see the Loch Ard (where a ship ran aground on its last night from England, killing everyone but two passengers) and the 12 Apostles just in time for sunset.
Until next time Oz!!
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