We left Melbourne to take on our next great road trip, driving along the Great Ocean Road. We started off by heading down to Torquay, which is only actually an hour or so away from Melbourne, at the start of the Great Ocean Road. Once we got there we had a look around the town and visited the Surf World Museum, which had everything you could want to know and more about the history of surfing, which was actually quite interesting. There were also loads of surf shops so we had a look around them, without actually buying anything of course! The next day we were still in Torquay, but we'd booked ourselves a surfing lesson to (hopefully) build on what we learnt in Margaret River. We had 2 hours in the surf and both managed to stand up a few more times, so we were feeling pretty pleased with ourselves! In the afternoon after our lesson we drove down to have a look at Bells Beach, where they have a major surfing competition every year - it wasn't where we had our lesson! The next day we headed down the coast along the Great Ocean Road to a town called Apollo Bay. Our first stop along the way was in Anglesea, where we had a walk along the very pretty river and also went to see the kangaroos on the golf course. Next we headed to Aireys Inlet where we had a look at the lighthouse, as well as some great views over the cliffs along the coast, and where we stopped for a lunch at a 60's themed diner - how random! We then drove a bit further down the coast to Lorne where we visited Erskine Falls, 30m high waterfalls which fell down to a really nice pool - we walked all the way down to the bottom of the waterfall which was really nice and very cool. To finish our day we then headed to Kennett River, where we walked behind the caravan park to see loads of wild koalas in the trees as well as lots of parrots, before reaching Apollo Bay where we had a walk around the town. The next day we relaxed for a bit at our hostel before exploring the area around Apollo Bay, starting with Maits Rest Rainforest walk, which was a really pleasant 30 minute walk through the rainforest of the Great Otway Ranges just outside of town. After that we drove down to Cape Otway, the second most southerly point of Australia, where we saw loads more wild koalas sleeping in the trees. On our way back to our hostel we stopped off at Marengo Beach, where we saw a colony of seals relaxing on a reef just offshore. The next day we headed for Warrnambool along perhaps the most famous part of the Great Ocean Road. We had a quick detour down to Johanna Beach, where there was some really big impressive surf, before we made our first stop at Gibson Steps. We walked all the way down to the beach where we were at the foot of the 12 Apostles, huge limestone stacks standing up out of the ocean - super impressive! We then went to the actually viewing platform at the top of the cliffs for some even better views. Next up we visited Loch Ard Gorge, the setting for one of the many shipwrecks that occurred along the coast - we did the shipwreck walk around the top of the gorge and also went to the cemetery. We then stopped off for lunch in Port Campbell, a really pretty seaside town, before going to have a look at London Bridge (a limestone arch in the sea), as well as some really pretty rock formations at the Grotto. Our final stop before we got to our hostel in Warrnambool was the Bay of Martyrs, which had some more great coastal views. The next day we took a bit of a break from sightseeing in the morning, before going for a walk around the town centre. We went in to the Warrnambool Art Gallery, which we thought was better than MONA as we actually understood what the pictures were about (and it was free!), and then in the afternoon we went for a first proper swim in the sea for a while - the water wasn't too cold, but the waves were pretty big! Valentines Day was our last day on the Great Ocean Road, and we started off with a picnic at Tower Hill Reserve, a nature reserve inside an extinct volcano - the views around the crater and the lakes were amazing, and we saw even more wild koalas, including one called Kevin! We then drove on to our final destination of Port Fairy, which is a really pretty coastal town which has been voted the worlds most liveable community! We started off looking around the market and then had a walk around the town to get a coffee. We next visited an old fort before heading to Griffiths Island, just off the coast - we walked all around it, stopping off at the lighthouse for some great views. We spent the rest of the afternoon on the beach, before heading back to the island in the evening to spot some wallabies and loads of parrots. It really is a great road journey!