The Great Ocean Road

Tuesday morning we left to head to the ferry which we had decided to use to get to the Great Ocean Road instead of driving up through Melbourne. Paul really didn’t want to drive through the mess of roads in the city of over 5 million.

The ferry ran every hour and we arrived and was able to get on to the next ferry that was arriving soon.

Leaving Sorrento for the 45 minute boat ride.

We had a short drive on the other side to our stop for the night.

We ate a nice dinner of fresh salmon from the Tasmania Sea.

The next morning we began our journey along the Great Ocean Road. It was built by WWI veterans between 1919 and 1932 and is the world’s largest war memorial. It follows the ocean a great deal of its 243 km length. Wednesday we had beautiful weather for driving.

The start of the road
Some awesome cliffs.
We had some awesome waves!
Paul captured photos of some sulphur crested cockatoos at one of our stops.
Phenomenal wave action at Apollo Bay

We finished our day with about 45 minutes to go the end of the road. Once again we had full kitchen facilities so I took advantage and did some cooking ahead for the next days. Then I was able to freeze it since we wouldn’t need it for a day or two.

Tomorrow we’ll finish the road and head north.

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Author: Joyce and Paul's retirement travels

Having retired, we are enjoying travelling with our fifth wheel RV. We are from a small town in Southern Ontario.

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