The Great Ocean Road

12.03.2007

Ok so for the past two weeks I have been travelling the Great Ocean Road. We made stops at pretty much every town along the way some worth the while and some not. There were definitely a few along the way that I believe should not even be considered real towns consisiting of a few houses(one of which was the town cafe), a farm, and a view lookout point. There isnt much to say about the two weeks that the pictures wont show you but I'll attempt anyways. Our first stop was Tourquay which is home to the famous Bells Beach (for those of you that Bells Beach doesnt ring a bell, try and remember the final scene in the movie Point Break). The first day we rented boards and my three students tried their luck at surfing. overall is was a successful experience, if you count out Kelly rolling her ankle in knee deep water, Christoph catching a man cold, and Per thinking he has become Kelly Slater(World's Greates Surfer) after one hour. AFter Tourquay we headed further west to a few different small towns. In Apollo Bay we parted ways with the boys as they began the Great Ocean Walk. This walk is a 91k walk that is recommended to be done in 8 Days with a tour guide. Our boys decided to attempt this great ocean walk in three days. Well...three days later and one night in a hostel we met back up them just about 20 kilometers short of the finish. After that we followed the basic tourist route and visited the 12 Apostles, London Bridge, Loch Ard Gorge. We even made our way to a folk music festival in a small town called Port Fairy. The next plan is to bum around Melbourne (if we can find accomodation) for a few days because Formula 1 comes to town. After that its back to sydney for another go around before heading off to New Zealand. Keep in touch all....miss everyone loadssss!!!!

Bells Beach