On Monday and Tuesday, I went on a tour through the
Grampians and the Great Ocean Road. The tour company was called Wildlife
Adventures, and they run small bus tours weekly. I would highly recommend them
to anyone looking to see the Great Ocean Road. It would have been hard to see everything on my own without some local knowledge, plus diving on the other side of the road didn't seem like a good idea for me. The first day of the tour we
were picked up bright and early at 7:20 am from the hostel and started the journey from
Melbourne. All together there were maybe twenty people on the tour. After Byron
Bay, having a much smaller group was important to me because the large group during Byron really took away from the experience. We made several short stops along the way our itinerary included:
- Spotting wild Koalas at Kennett River Park, where I
saw my first wild koala
Lunch at a restaurant called Iluka in Apollo Bay
Otway's Rainforest walk where we saw one of the world’s
only black carnivorous snails
Twelve Apostles
Loch Ard Gorge
London Bridge
Bay of Martyrs
Overnight stay at Ned's Other beds in the Grampians
Tour/hike in the Grampians National Park
- Boroka & Reed's Lookout (on top of the
mountains)
- Brambuk Aboriginal Cultural Centre where we learned
about the history and culture of the Jardwadjali and Djab Wurring Aboriginal
tribes.
- MacKenzie Falls, the largest waterfall in the
Grampians
- "Jaws of Death"lookout
- Winery tour at one of Australia's oldest wineries - Best's
Winery
This trip was absolutely amazing and worthwhile.
My favorite part was seeing the twelve apostles. They are limestone rocks
carved out of cliffs along the beach. Watching the waves and the crazy weather
combined made it a really unique experience. I watched the sky turn from blue
and sunny to dark and grey, then even got caught in a hail/ rain storm and got
soaking wet, then back to bright and sunny- and after the rain came a rainbow!
Actually, we saw about four rainbows it was incredible. There are so many
beautiful places in the world. I hope someday to go back again it was an
amazing moment in my trip. I hope everyone had a good week back home and enjoy the pictures!
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| The start of the Great Ocean Road journey |
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| The Twelve Apostles |
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Bay of Martyrs
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| London Bridge |
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| On to the Rainforest |
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| View from the top |
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| View of the Valley |
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| MacKenzie Falls Waterfall- the largest in the Grampians |
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| Wild Kangaroos |
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| "Jaws of Death" lookout |
Hey,
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Thank you! I am just learning to use my camera which I purchased before the trip, the views are so much more incredible in person, but trying to capture them is always fun! I will have pictures from Sydney, Australia soon, thanks for reading!
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