Great Ocean Road
Here are a few more shots showing some of the views you get when driving along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. Including of course the Koala which we were lucky enough to see lots on the road to Cape Otway.
Great Ocean Road
Gippsland Victoria
Gippsland Victoria
A few images of life at the Alpaca farm in Gippsland, Victoria. A big thank you to Senga and Peter for looking after us, it really was great to see them again! It was also nice to see a different side to the Australian Landscape. Apparantly it’s often very green, far too much sun this year though, we’ll probably get the same problem this summer at home??????
Loch Ard Gorge
Loch Ard Gorge Great Ocean Road Victoria
Here are a few sunrise shots taken at Loch Ard Gorge on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, between the 12 Apostles and Port Campbell. I had this sunrise to myself as I think most people tend to head straight for the 12 Apostles.
12 Apostles Port Campbell
12 Apostles Port Cambell National Park Victoria
I managed a sunrise and sunset at the 12 Apostles, Port Campbell National Park on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. The sunrise shots were taken from the main viewing platforms looking both East to Gibson Steps and West to the 12 Apostles. The sunset shots were taken looking back east at the 12 Apostles so not such a well taken shot. This is because you have to tramp across a few hundred metres of thick bush which I was imagining were snake infested. Hence I made plenty of noise on the way and way back, the lone Kangaroo I disturbed must have thought I was crazy!!!!
Gibson Steps Victoria
Gibson Steps Victoria 12 Apostles Great Ocean Road
These are a few sunset shots from Gibson steps on the Great Ocean Road. It is the beach adjacent to the 12 Apostles, you cannot get access to the 12 Apostle beach because it has a protected Penguin colony. The weather was quite cold with strong winds and high seas. I managed to test out my goretex traniners while taking a few of these shots – apparently they don’t work when the water gets in from the top????
Hopetoun Falls Great Ocean Road
Hopetoun Falls Great Ocean Road
Here are a few shots of us at Hopetoun Falls in the Otway National Park along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. It was great driving through the Otway Ranges to get to the falls which were down a series of steps. Funnily enough it was much easier going down than coming back up – it was a good job we took a picnic to give us some energy!!!!
Bells Beach Torquay
Bells Beach Torquay Victoria
A couple of shot taken at Bells Beach near Torquay, Victoria. We had our first sightings of the native bouncing wildlife! We also witnessed a stormy sunset!
Portsea Mornington Peninsula
Portsea Mornington Peninsula Victoria Australia
A few shots from a great day at the Portsea Hotel at the South end of the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. A few shots of the beach below the Hotel and also one of the deserted Back Beaches. We spent the day here before boarding the Queenscliff ferry in the evening to start a few days trip up the Great Ocean Road.
Brighton Beach Melbourne
Brighton Beach Melbourne
Here are a few shots of Brighton Beach in Melbourne, Victoria. Famous for it’s iconic coloured bathing boxes which apparently cost a fortune! Don’t know whether anyone will recognise the long haired guy in the one shot, he is filming the Australian version of BBC’s Coast! It was a lovely clear day so we had a fantastic view of the city too!
Melbourne Victoria
Melbourne Victoria Australia
Melbourne, voted as the most livable city in the world – who can argue! A really clean city where old effortlessly fuses with new. Lots of parkland and a wonderful vibe. Easy to get around, our train ticket enabled us to get into the city and also get around on the trams and bus tour. So many places to eat, it’s like one massive restaurant. We started our day at the Victoria Market and ended it by catching up with Martyn and Jill in an amazing Thai restaurant called Chin Chin, if you’re ever in Melbourne you must try! It was great to see that Martyn & Jill have settled into life in Melbourne so quickly, a healthy and happy lifestyle! It was also great to catch up with James, Libby & Will who we had a lovely breakfast with in Brunswick street followed by a walk along the Yarra River with great views of the city and a colony of Fruit Bats. The other view of the city is at sunset from the Port of Melbourne.