December 21: Great Ocean Road
We got up pretty early today and caught the tram to go pick up the rental car at 7:30. Upon arrival we got a Uni Melbourne dicount (thanks to my sweatshirt) and we also got an upgrade. Same car as when we went down to Phillip Island. By 8:15 we had picked up Jake and the four of us (Jake, Pemi, Andi and I) were on the freeway towards Geelong. Driving on the left wasn’t hard at all, or much different. You get used to it pretty quickly and it was great sitting behind the wheel again. It was a quick drive to Geelong and didn’t take a whole lot more till we reached Torquay. Torquay was the first stop and from there we headed to Bells Beach. Bells Beach is one of the top Surf beaches in the world and apparently they got some competition there too. It was really beautiful. The Victorian coast is breathtaking. We walked down to the water and hung out for a bit. Even saw the split point lighthouse we visited from here. The water along the great ocean road is the most beautiful greenish-blue and the whole scenery is stunning. I was so amazed. From Bells Beach we headed to Anglesea where the Great Ocean Road officially starts. It was build after WWI. The veterans needed jobs and so thats how this road was created. We took photos underneath the Great Ocean Road sign and headed to Aireys Inlet/Fairhaven and saw the lighthouse from earlier. Another view of the Bass Strait and breathtaking scenery. There’s huge cliffs and standstone boulders in the ocean. Makes sense to have a lighthouse here 
From here we made our way along the road and after Ptticoat creek took a turn inland. We drove through what seemed like rainforest and it was very windy. This area is the Otway National Park and we visited the tree top walk here. In my opinion it was worth the very windy drive. The walk was great. First you walk through the forest and learn about it’s species/animals etc. Then they have this area with disonsaurs. It was funny because Andi told Jake to touch the tounge of a Rex and as he did that Andi scared the crap out of Jake. Hilarious!!!! I wish I had that on camera. From here we went on this metal walk thing where you are 30-40 meters up in the air. It’s a bit scary as you can feel the whole thing shake but the view is awesome. From here we drove on and sooner than expected hit the parking spot for the Twelve Apostles look out. There were so many people here and even more flies. The view was AMAZING! I LOVED this so much. Even with all the people it was just breathtaking. I was in awe. The beach, clear water and sandstone rocks in the water are just kind of impressive. Apparently there were never twelve apostles. The last on that collapsed was in 2005. We took heaps of photos and waked a bit then continued driving. Dinner was good. Just something small but filling. We stopped at Loch Ard Gorge before heading into Port Campbell for our first meal of the day: dinner. Pemi drove the car around the parking lot and it was her first time driving in Oz. After we stopped and saw London Bridge and took a photo of Petersborough (same town name as Pemi’s hometown), we made our way back. WE took the A1 through the cuntry and it was also pretty. I had no idea Victoria was so much farmland. There were cows everywhere. Mrs Cronn would have loved it haha. We saw a lovely sunset out here as well. It did remind me of Germany a lot. WE dropped off Jake and Andi back in Melbroune and met up with Allan and Matt as it was Matt’s birthday. We left by 2:30am. Someone dropped a glass of beer from the rooftop bar and it almost landed on my head downstairs at cookie. It sucked. I was full of beer so we decided it was time to go home. We had to return the car by 7:30 the next day so I figured I should head home. So drove Pemi home and grabbed a lovely parking spot right outside my doorstep. It was a WONDERFUL day and super fun. I was so impressed with the Great Ocean Road and will definetly come back.
Keep smiling
Cheers
