The Great Ocean Road

We woke up today which is Tuesday refreshed and renewed even though I woke us up at 2am with a mis-set alarm.(Whoops) We checked out early and after a quick stop at Safeway...which is not at all like safeways at home fyi...we headed out towards the GOR (Great Ocean Road). The sun nice and warm and the breeze refreshing.

We didn't make it far however before we came to a very beautiful beach. Naturally we had to pull over and take a walk. There was a nice walkway to get down to the beach and having recovered some of my swagger in the hotel bed I decided to climb some stuff. Dad had a better idea though, he felt that since he was on vacation he would take a mid morning nap.
I suggested that he probably should get up as we were burning daylight and also he looked like he was getting sand down his shirt. We headed on down the road toward Port Campbell which is our final destination for the day. .After about 30 mins we passed a dirt road that said Otway National Park, not wanting to pass up an opportunity we turned down the one lane red rock road. This went on for about 5 miles deep into the middle of nowhere. Finally we came to a turn around and there we found a nice place to park in the shade and we headed down a trail not sure of what we would find. What we found was pure paradise...it was amazing...huge cliffs overlooking a nice beach. After that we moved on down the road toward Port Campbell. There were many amazing sites to see and Ill try and put up a slideshow so you all can see the different countryside. We drove through hills right along the coast, farmland in valleys with cows and sheep, and barren fields where nothing stirred. Finally we came to the site we had been waiting for all day. The twelve apostles are one of Australia's premiere wonders. It was definately worth the wait, the sun was setting and the cliffs were fantastic. After that we got a room in Port Campbell which was only about 10 mins past the apostles. All in all it was a great day!