9th October 2009 – Apollo Bay

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We continued on along the Great Ocean Road which was built as a memorial to all the Victorian soldiers who died fighting in the First World War. We followed the coastline to Lorne where we stopped for our morning break and stretch of our legs by walking through the town trying to keep out of the cold wind. They say that if you are tired of Lorne then you might as well be tired of life. Well that may be so, however on this day it seemed quite deserted with nobody enjoying the thin strip of pure yellow sand and the dark blue ocean waters. It is however a favourite holiday destination for many people and during the summer it is humming with outdoor activities and life.

Leaving Lorne we continued on, stopping at the various lookouts to admire the views. From Lorne  to the heart of of the Otways there are many water falls in the area.

We chose to tackle the walk to view the Sheoak Falls which was quite spectacular with plenty of water running. From here it was on  through Aireys Inlet, Anglesea and Torquay.  It was a bit disappointing for us that it had been so cold during our drive and adventure along the Great Ocean Road, however we enjoyed the experience once again and saw many changes and improvements that have been made since our  last visit 25 years ago.

From Torquay it was all about some serious driving to enable us to traverse Melbourne. So we set  Tommy up for our destination caravan park in Springvale which guided us through the maze of flyovers, motorways and also over the Westgate Bridge which was truly an experience. Thankfully our E-Way toll pass worked just fine and beeped at all the right places, however we had no idea how much it was costing us.