Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Great Ocean Road

A few weeks ago Jason and I “hired a car” (rented) and drove up the Great Ocean Road here in Victoria. Wouldn’t you know it that it was probably the first rainy weekend since I’ve been here? But I’m not complaining because Australia is in the middle of a horrible drought.

The Great Ocean Road is a road that winds mostly along the coast of Victoria for about 400km (248 miles). It travels through many towns (some of them big surfing towns), next to huge cliffs, awesome beaches, and forests (we expected to see some koala but somehow never saw one). It was built in the early 1900’s by WWI veterans just after the war.

Here’s a photo of a “Kangaroos ahead” sign (we didn’t see any Kangaroos though):



And here is a picture of us in front of the 12 Apostles, one of the most visited landmarks along the Road.

1 comment:

No Worries said...

I drove all the way down the GOR by myself back in 2000. What an incredible place. Hard to believe I made it home in one piece given that was my first time driving on the wrong side. Have y'all been to see the penguins?
Later,
The Mattadore