Apollo Bay had our attention from the moment we drove in. What a beautiful place!!!
We had only been in the caravan park for half an hour before I took myself back to the office to pay for and extend our stay an extra night. Much to the kids delight as soon as I came back we were greeted with the sight of two whales playing in the bay directly opposite the caravan park. E and T both thought that this was pretty awesome!!
Later in the afternoon we took ourselves off for a bit of a look around the town and a play on the foreshore. We then went for a bit of a drive on the road to Marriners Falls and were absolutely gobsmacked by the sheer beauty and size of the rainforest surrounding us. Words couldn't describe how gorgeous this place is.
On night two of our stay in Apollo Bay we rugged up to go and see if we could spot any glow worms at Maits Rest. The kids were a bit hesitant at heading into the forest with only our torches for light but bravely they stepped forward. Poor R had to carry C all the way, up dale and down dell. We did manage to spot a single solitary glow worm, but had a lovely night time walk all the same. R and I would have loved to go back for another walk around during the day but were out voted by the kids.
We also spent an afternoon checking out the rock pools on the foreshore at the next town down the road. The kids loved looking in all the pools for things to find. We found an assortment of shells in different shapes and sizes, we found some huge seaweed plants and we found loads of starfish. In one pool alone there were nearly 40!! It seems that E has finally heeded my lessons on not touching anything at the beach with your fingers if you don't know what it is, and she used a stick to point things out!
Another super highlight of our stay in Apollo Bay had to be the visitor to our camp site. I was in the van making sandwiches one afternoon and when I looked up, what should I see sitting in the street outside our van? A koala!! We were soon joined by several other people, all with cameras in hand to watch the koala going for a casual walk through the park.
We set off from Apollo Bay on Sunday to make our way to B and J's in Ocean Grove. It was a reasonably short leg, but a rather windy one!! This leg took us along the main section of the Great Ocean Road, right along the coast line. Unfortunately, it was also the section on which the kids cars sickness was pushed to its limits. We made a stop in Lorne for lunch and a play, and a purchase of travel sickness medication!! We weren't able to go to the Erskine Falls as planned, just outside Lorne, as we were not allowed to take the caravan down the road to the falls. Since C had gone to sleep we opted to just keep driving through to Ocean Grove and come back to Lorne for a day trip.
We made it to Ocean Grove around lunch time and only had to cut down two trees to get our van down the driveway!! So good to see B and J and the kids again!! T and E were very excited to see their cousins. Time to relax for awhile.......
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