We packed up camp and said farewell to the friendly koalas and were on our way along the spectacular coastline. First stop the 12 Apostles. It really is amazing to see these huge towering cliffs with the pounding surf below. It's easy to imagine that the cliffs are made of sand rather than rock and that it could have been days rather than millions of years to erode the rock pillars standing just off the coast. The weather could have been clearer but at least it wasn't cold or wet.
The boys enjoyed watching the joy flights taking off but at $145 per person for 15 mins it was a bit out of our budget.
Next geological feature along the road, Loch Ard Gorge. The waves come in through a gap in the coastline to a sandy beach with limestone caves at the back. We took our picnic lunch to eat on the sand.
We glimpsed London Bridge as we whizzed passed it in the car. Another monolith surrounded by the sea with a sea cave all the way through.
We continued on to Warrnambool were we stopped to see the lighthouse but didn't want to pay for the money to go in.
We chose Port Fairy for the night at the Belfast Cove holiday park. Yay, a hot shower! Port Fairy is a beautiful little town. It won some award in 2012 for 'World's most livable village' and I can see why. There are so many gorgeous places to stay along the river and it attracts 40,000 visitors during it's folk festival. Lucky we missed that by a few days. After a delicious fish and chips (another award winner) dinner we drove around but I'm looking forward to exploring a bit more on foot tomorrow.
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