The Great Ocean Road, Melbourne to Adelaide

Leaving from Melbourne in the early hours of the morning we went first to Torquay - the home of Rip Curl and Quiksilver for breakfast then afterwards we went to the nearby famous Bells Beach. This is home to one of the best surfing beaches in the world

In fact, I have surfed at Bells Beach a few times and even sometimes at night in the dark... well my PS2 game console doesn't count does it!! But seriously it was great to be there to see the beach and the waves for real.

And there was no way I was leaving that place without going for at least a swim and so I headed down to the beach!! No one else from the tour group was going in, they probably all thought I was mad!! It was pretty cold, but at the very least it was epic!!

I didn't swim too far, but my tour guide said I would be straight in and out so I made sure I was in there for a good 10 minutes. I kept close to the shore but enough to see the waves up close, they didn't crash down like most waves but slowly broke, so perfect to surf on and I was glad I swam there.

We hit the Great Ocean Road shortly after and saw some Koalas up close in some trees and then some parrots too. The journey was really nice and it reminded me of the Big Sur coastline in California, but just a lot more dramatic.





We saw the famous 12 Apostles for sunset, these are individual rocks that have been left, much like Needles in the Isle of Wright. Though, it should be now called the 11 Apostles as one has collapsed recently. It was actually quite cold with a biting, sharp wind being driven straight from Antarctica and huge waves stretched out many miles, pounding the rocks with immense force.



We waited until after sunset for the small penguins to come in for the night, I couldn't believe that Australia had penguins but they certainly do!!



The second day we did a hike up in the Grampians and saw MacKenzie Falls later in the evening. We also saw many kangeroos or "roos" along the way and yesterday we did another hike before coming to Adelaide, via the amazing "pink lake"!



Tomorrow I will continue my trip up to Alice Springs over the next 6 days. Then I will fly to Perth on the 21st of November for a few nights before flying to Hong Kong on my way home!!