Autralian Oddysey: The Great Ocean Road
Our travel agent strongly recommended driving from Melbourne to Adelaide along Australia's Great Ocean Road. As it was their winter last July, we didn't have the greatest weather, but it was beautiful nonetheless.
This reminder came in handy. Driving on the right proved to be more of a challenge than I thought. I spoke to an American cab driver working in Australia and he said that it took him about six months to get used to it.
We stopped and had a stroll around the Split Point Lighthouse.
Even in the winter, their coastline was beautiful, reminding me a bit of central California's coast.
Aussie paramedics drive around in these cool Mercedes Benz vans. Note the roundabout sign behind the van. They don't really have intersections. . . . Just an endless series of roundabouts. Probably have far fewer collisions, too.
Aussie meat pie, a Shepherd's Pie to be exact. Ate not a few of these little buggers along the way. Mmm, mmm, good.
The so-called Twelve Apostles, an impressive limestone display along Australia's southern coast. Five have worn away and fallen into the ocean, leaving seven remaining; nonethless, the name has stuck.
My bride sunggling up to the fire in a bakery in Koroit, a small Irish town where we stopped for a bit of "breky" (breakfast).
I read a travel book on Australia before we left. The author claimed that Aussies were mad for giant fiberglass animals built into restaurants and other roadside attractions. As a result, I wasn't too suprised when we drove past this 40-foot tall lobster.
I'm telling you, driving on the right is no mean feat.
That's it for the Great Ocean Road. It was a beautiful journey and not a great deal unlike California's Highway 1, though a bit more deserted, the town's more charming, and the people, well, delightful.
If you're interested, the rest of the pictures are here.
Thanks for reading. C & C welcome. Next Stop: Adelaide!
This reminder came in handy. Driving on the right proved to be more of a challenge than I thought. I spoke to an American cab driver working in Australia and he said that it took him about six months to get used to it.
We stopped and had a stroll around the Split Point Lighthouse.
Even in the winter, their coastline was beautiful, reminding me a bit of central California's coast.
Aussie paramedics drive around in these cool Mercedes Benz vans. Note the roundabout sign behind the van. They don't really have intersections. . . . Just an endless series of roundabouts. Probably have far fewer collisions, too.
Aussie meat pie, a Shepherd's Pie to be exact. Ate not a few of these little buggers along the way. Mmm, mmm, good.
The so-called Twelve Apostles, an impressive limestone display along Australia's southern coast. Five have worn away and fallen into the ocean, leaving seven remaining; nonethless, the name has stuck.
My bride sunggling up to the fire in a bakery in Koroit, a small Irish town where we stopped for a bit of "breky" (breakfast).
I read a travel book on Australia before we left. The author claimed that Aussies were mad for giant fiberglass animals built into restaurants and other roadside attractions. As a result, I wasn't too suprised when we drove past this 40-foot tall lobster.
I'm telling you, driving on the right is no mean feat.
That's it for the Great Ocean Road. It was a beautiful journey and not a great deal unlike California's Highway 1, though a bit more deserted, the town's more charming, and the people, well, delightful.
If you're interested, the rest of the pictures are here.
Thanks for reading. C & C welcome. Next Stop: Adelaide!
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Nice thread
Good to see you are having a great time Downunder, it's a shame that you didn't have good weather on the Great Ocean Road, but it can be quite unpredictable.
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As an American who has been here since the 60's (from HI) The hardest part about driving for the first few years was remembering which side of the car to get into, probably why i took up bike riding
Ed
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My mother, who passed away a year ago, was from Perth, Fremantle to be precise. We got a chance to see her sisters and meet lots of her friends, nephews, neices, etc. It was pretty cool.
Perth and Fremantle were really our favorite places of the trip. I envy you for living there.
I think I got in on the wrong side of the car at least once a day while we had the car!
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