Update number 1 on the start of our adventure.
So experiencing Down Under has begun, the Tonka is behaving very well and aside from some monsoonal rain and cyclonic winds of arctic temperatures it's been balmy!
We've been meandering along the Great Ocean Road which is in amazing condition considering they had around 150 landslides between Lorne and Wye River recently - looks like they've been working around the clock to get it open again and aside from giant mounds of dirt that have been moved to some of the turn-out lanes you'd never know.
We've been waterfall chasing and stopping whenever we feel like it, so far stops include:
Torquay
Bells Beach
Aireys Inlet
Erskine Falls
Sheoke Falls
Apollo Bay (got distracted by waterfalls and arrived here after all the campsite offices were shut, so camped at a Big 4 and put a note under the office door after dinner at the local Brewhouse)
Maits Rest rainforest
Cuppa in Beech Forest while waiting for workers woth chainsaws to finish clearing the road ahead
Hopetoun Falls
Beauchamp Falls
Attempted Triplet Falls but road closed due to weather lately
Gibsons Steps
Twelve Apostles
Camping at Port Campbell this evening and planning a sunrise jaunt in the morning!
Fantastic that you have been able to travel along the Great Ocean Road! You both look to be having a great time, and enjoying yourselves.
ReplyDeleteWoo hoo!! Amazing that you have seen blue sky :) Terrific that you have seen so much already. The photo of your travelling companion having a cuppa beside the 'Tonka' is great, as is the one of both of you. Really sets the scene for your adventures. Hope it warms up a bit, no doubt once in NT you will enjoy the heat :) Port Campbell has happy memories for me from when I was little, following my dad along some path to see the ocean and the guesthouse we were staying at :)
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