Hi all
We had always planned to escape from Perth on the night of the fifth day, but the thought that we could have actually retained it would have been a tricky moment. That dilemma we never had the opportunity to think about. So with slightly heavy hearts we were one of the first to escape Perth and picking up a camper van disappeared off towards the Great Ocean Road for some R&R.
Four years ago we covered this area travelling from Adelaide to Melbourne in just five days which is not nearly enough time to explore this beautiful part of the world. This time we just stuck to a small part of the route namely concentrating on the area between the Kennett River, where we based ourselves and the twelve Apostles was our furthest point. By spending more time around the Otway forest area we were able to do quite a few bush walks and see quite a bit of the local wildlife. This time it was Dean who had caught a cold so we had to restrict some of our activities, but we still had a wonderful time.
The Otway fly was particularly fun as a ramp takes you up to a walkway right up in the canopy of the trees. It gives you quite a different perspective on the world. The other highlight was our campsite where there were Koalas sleeping in the Eucalyptus trees all around the site, cockatoos and loads of different birds. Despite Dean's 'Man flu' we still managed to do loads of walking and really got to rest the liver!
Travelling back to Melbourne was with mixed feelings as once again we had fallen in love with this area and could have spent more time here, yet we were still excited to head back to the city for Xmas with our friends and then onto the impending infamous Boxing day test with whatever that brings!
Happy Xmas everyone
Sara
We had always planned to escape from Perth on the night of the fifth day, but the thought that we could have actually retained it would have been a tricky moment. That dilemma we never had the opportunity to think about. So with slightly heavy hearts we were one of the first to escape Perth and picking up a camper van disappeared off towards the Great Ocean Road for some R&R.
Four years ago we covered this area travelling from Adelaide to Melbourne in just five days which is not nearly enough time to explore this beautiful part of the world. This time we just stuck to a small part of the route namely concentrating on the area between the Kennett River, where we based ourselves and the twelve Apostles was our furthest point. By spending more time around the Otway forest area we were able to do quite a few bush walks and see quite a bit of the local wildlife. This time it was Dean who had caught a cold so we had to restrict some of our activities, but we still had a wonderful time.
The Otway fly was particularly fun as a ramp takes you up to a walkway right up in the canopy of the trees. It gives you quite a different perspective on the world. The other highlight was our campsite where there were Koalas sleeping in the Eucalyptus trees all around the site, cockatoos and loads of different birds. Despite Dean's 'Man flu' we still managed to do loads of walking and really got to rest the liver!
Travelling back to Melbourne was with mixed feelings as once again we had fallen in love with this area and could have spent more time here, yet we were still excited to head back to the city for Xmas with our friends and then onto the impending infamous Boxing day test with whatever that brings!
Happy Xmas everyone
Sara
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