After another "home cooked" meal (breakfast), we were ready to get back on the road. First, we spent a while booking excursions, car rentals, etc., many of which have to be done over the phone. However, by 12:30 we were on the road. About 20 km east of Apollo Bay, a car had pulled over ahead of us. With cameras in hand, we stopped as well, and saw two koalas in the trees above the road. By the time we'd seen another four of them, all near Kennet River,...

When we got to Lorne, a small, lovely town, green and peaceful, we decided to call it a day. We stayed at the Erskine River Ensuite Cabins which were across the street from "Foodworks", a local grocery store. Not having had breakfast or lunch meant we were starving, so it was a mouthwatering shopping trip, everyone grabbing what they wanted for supper. Margaret cooked it up and the menu wasn't half bad: tzatziki and pita appetizer (Connor had a huge fr...

We landed in Melbourne, Australia around 10 am. Hurray! We'd rented a white, Toyota, 4 door Corolla for our trip down the Great Oceans Road. Despite being a little bleary eyed, Barry did a great job driving on the left hand side of the road. The windshield wipers were our signal lights a lot of the time, but the drivers were forgiving and the roads were nice and wide, unlike our Scotland experience so it wasn't too bad. We stopped several times just to keep awa...