Two years ago on a cold morning, I boarded a van and was headed towards the Great Ocean Road to see the 12 apostles and other scenic views along the way. Ever since then, a familiar feeling has always told me that my first trip there was not going to be my last. True enough, seven hundred and thirty days later there I was again, at the very same place after boarding the very same mini van that was driven by the very same tour guide. Sweet.
This was the entrance to the Great Ocean Road. The road was constructed after the first world war, WWI to connect Victoria to Adelaide or something like that. But really, I think it was just to give the soldier something to do after the war. :P!
The morning grogginess got me here. First I put the green tea bag into the hot milk. Then I asked, why in the world is my tea not turning black. I then frantically stirred my tea and holy smoke. I actually had a green tea sachet in the cup *stupid!!* I then put the black tea sachet in to get the colour I wanted hohoho! Hence the story of the two tea bags in one cup.
After quite a fair bit of driving, we headed towards a beautiful place with awesome view. And then I had three memorable pictures of this place :D! Hohohho!
What place was this again? Does anyone know?
After that we jumped back on the van and drove to get the koalas! It seems that in Australia, Koalas are one of the main attractions but to me, omg, it is like the lamest thing ever. I’d rather see a wombat than a koala. Even feeding kangaroos are tonnes more exciting than a koala. Like seriously really totally. Therefore, ditching the koala hunting game, we decided to spend our time feeding the wild birds in the park.
Xin Ling at the bird park feeding them.
As we drove through the winding road, a popular lookout became our next destination for a scenic photograph. The lookout at Cape Patton:
Oops? The winter day was a cloudy mate but fortunately enough, rain did not come pouring throughout our trip :D!
After a quick lunch of roast and deep fried fish, we were about to see Melbourne’s epic rain forest where the flesh eating snail resides. Spooky at it seems, we all came out alive without even spotting a SINGLE snail, so do not bother wondering about the flesh eating one =.=!! I got a picture of my housemates hiding a tree trunk though. :D!
Nice smile Kelvin! Fits into the emoticon which goes something like this one –> “XD”
After touring the rain forest which makes up approx the entire Malaysian forest, the climax of the tour peaked with the twelve Apostles next up the destination list. I’ve learn geology for 4 years in university now. And I know rocks are things which takes ages to reach its current state. But sometimes when you look at the Apostles, you cannot imagine why there are just twelve of them. Why not have apostles all along the coast of the Great Ocean road? Then again, noticing how the waves kept bashing the rocky faces of the cliffs, probably the waves here are magnitudes greater than the rest.
I’ve mentioned this before I think ehhe and as you can see from this picture, there are two Apostles that have crumbled.
I have tonnes of other pictures but nothing much that I have not posted during my first trip to Melbourne so feel free to just click on the link I have on the left most column :D! After the apostles we visited the London bridge and Lord Ard Gorge before the guide Simon speeded all the way home! I think he sped through a traffic camera because I saw it fire a flash =X!
Sunset on the last stop :D! Goodbye Great Ocean Road. Fate tells me this is not the last trip too.
WenY
