Another cool day, so we took our time packing up this morning, before heading east along the Great Ocean Road. We had morning tea in Apollo Bay, and enjoyed the drive passing through Kennett River and Wye River, and Split Point Lighthouse near Airey's Inlet, and other small hamlets with very busy caravan parks! We turned the corner into Lorne to be met with an extremely busy place with cars and people everywhere (compared to what we'd been used to) and had a ...

We woke to a very cool morning, with rain threatening, but we were determined to stick to our plan of bike riding and were pleased we did. We travelled back to Forrest and prepared for some trail bike riding. None of us have done a lot of this type of riding so we were unsure what to tackle with the various tracks graded as Easy/More Difficult/Very Difficult. There were only 3 other cars there, and all riders had the proper riding gear/shoes, etc so we weren...

Well, the rain that was forecast certainly arrived - it poured all night, and continued most of the day! We have been very lucky with weather, so we just sat under the awning and watched for a couple of hours and had bacon & egg rolls for brunch. We decided we should go somewhere, so took the scenic slower route and traversed through lots of beautiful rainforests - the rain making it look so much greener as well. When we got to the Triplet Waterfalls it ...

After some takeaway morning tea from Waves at Port Campbell, we continued our way down the Great Ocean Road. We arrived at the beautiful Johanna Beach Campground within the Otway National Park and found our camping area - it was large and grassy and protected from the wind, and only a short walk to the drop toilets. It was a sunny day, and as rain was forecast to come, we made the most of it and went to Apollo Bay for some surfing - the water was pretty brisk...

With lots to explore around this area, we started with a great breakfast at Waves Cafe, then we drove east to Loch Ard Gorge, named after the clipper ship Loch Ard, which ran aground on nearby Muttonbird Island on 1 June 1878 - of the fifty-four passengers and crew, only two survived. Stairs provide access to the beach, so we ventured down and around the caverns formed into the cliffs. Another walk was around to the point of the shipwreck, and a third walk wa...