The Grampians and Great Ocean Road

so spent a lovely few days in Barossa again, sampling the many varieties of wine that the region is famous for! was beautiful- rolling hills, vines and lovely weather. we hired bikes and cycling around lots though was bit hills, so pretty exhausting!

after that we headed out of SA, and into Victoria to the Grampians. More lovely scenery, and we met up with Claire Mulligan there. Did quite a strenuous walk, saw some Aboriginal rock paintings, and enjoyed a couple of big fires! A lovely few days and great to catch up with old Mullers again!!! Really nice, and the nights were actually warm...

That didn't last though- the next night we drove a short distance to Port Fairy, on the south coast and it was freezing! Rain and wind- yuck! Anyway, the next day we got up and were very happy to find that the weather was at least dry!


First stop was koala spotting at Tower Hill...amazing- there were loads and actually moving around, eating and just generally looking a bit vacant, as they do! So cute. Then we went to a cheese factory which made Marc's day, followed by whale spottting which made mine! These were Southern right whales and there were 2 right by the beach at Warrnambool. Just beautiful. After that we headed on down the Great Ocean road- lots of stops at lookouts. Very windy but stunning. Somehow we managed to miss the most famous one- the 12 Apostles, but they were all fantastic and along the same lines! We had another cold night in Apollo Bay, but the next morning we woke up and it was gorgeous. We were so lucky to have sun for this part of the road- all winding by the cliffs- totally fantastic. Also had another koala stop at Kennett River campsite. Again the koalas were pretty active- a few had little babies. aw! Also managed to get a couple if metres away from one. Its was amazing- it didn't even flinch. And of course when we went to take a picture the film had just ran out. Unbelievable!

But here's a picture of me getting blown around on the Great Ocean Rd...


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