The Great Ocean Road …. Just Doesn’t Do It!

Start of The Great Ocean Road

We’d heard so much about the “Great Ocean Road” … how wonderful it is, the amazing views, the wonderful sites, the fantastic sculptures which rise up out of the sea, the windy roads when you have no idea what beautiful scenery will meet you around the next corner, the turquoise waters and deep blue skies, quaint towns along the way, idyllic places to stop and enjoy the calm - and so the list went on.  You can imagine we were excited about travelling such a wonderful journey. 

Geoff enjoying the views

But I’m afraid that The ‘Great’ Ocean Road just doesn’t do it …. ‘great’ just isn’t a word which describes the awesomeness of what we saw - and the pictures don’t do it justice either - but I’m sure you’ll get a taste of what it was like.  We loved it!  Our ‘informants’ had all been correct in what they told us - it is just the most amazing drive we’ve ever experienced. 

After our ferry trip from Sorrento to Queenscliff … which was an experience in itself - taking the car and van on the boat - we booked into a camp site at Torquay and decided that the next day we would drive through Anglesea, Aireys Inlet and Lorne right along to Apollo Bay (a round trip of about 180km) - quite a drive - but as we were stopping another night at the camp site, we didn’t have the van to tow so were able to enjoy the drive, stopping at all the viewing points and taking in the lovely views.  

The following day was move on day and we had the same journey to do as we’d done the previous day - this time with the van - some very very windy roads and my heart spent quite a lot of time in my mouth!  We set off early and stopped along the way for a picnic - the beauty of towing the van is that you can stop and have a rest, cuppa, sandwich etc whenever you want!  We went a bit further along the Great Ocean Road to Princetown, set up and then drove to see the famous 12 Apostles - only there’s just 8 now as 4 have eroded over the years!   Awesome sight!

The Apostles

 The next day we completed the Great Ocean Road and went further on to Port Fairy, stopping at Warrnambool for our usual picnic on the way.  Again there were some absolutely fantastic sights - we stopped at every viewing place - I’ll just let the pictures speak for themselves - basically because I don’t have the words to describe how magnificent these rocks appeared to us.  

London Bridge

The Grotto

The Martyrs

 

So - like I say - The “Great” Ocean Road just doesn’t ‘do it’  - it really should be called the “Most Amazing, Astonishing, Astounding, Awesome, Beautiful, Breath-taking, Fantastic, Incredible, Inspiring, Magnificent, Remarkable, Surprising, Wonderful Ocean Road”!