On Sunday, we checked out of our hotel in Melbourne and headed west on the Great Ocean Road. Along the way, we stopped at various view points to marvel at the amazingly beautiful Australian coastline.
Our mini van is a Kia Carnival. It has plenty of room for us and all of our stuff. Grant and Blake are doing an amazing job driving - staying on the left side of the road, navigating turn-abouts. I am impressed. Blake is doing the bulk of the driving.
We stopped in Anglesea and had lunch at a bakery. I am loving the meat pies at the bakeries, but Grant is finding them tasty but too salty. We got some ice cream at the grocery store before continuing on our way.
On Sunday we spent the night in Port Campbell. We had a two room loft set up - Downstairs, Grant and I slept in a queen bed, Geoff in a twin, and Blake in a twin. Upstairs, Gary had a queen plus there was a kitchen and a small living area. Conveniently, there was a playground (a slide and two swings) right nect to our unit - like in our "side yard" which was nice for Geoff after our long drive.
Dinner was at the Room Six Cafe, located next to our hotel. We all agreed that this was one of our best meals in Australia so far.
On Monday we explored the coastline some more. The limestone cliffs are soft and the ocean waves carve pillars, caves, inlets and all sorts of interesting formations. We visited the Arch, the London Bridge and the Grotto among other sites. We also visited the 12 Apostles, which are another series of pillars.
All the stops took much longer than we anticipated so by the time we were actually ready to get to our next destination it was already late in the afternoon. We fed Geoffrey a snack and he promptly fell asleep in the car. We enjoyed watching the ocean scenery fade away into hilly farmland and forest landscapes as we made our way north.
We stopped at a small town and grabbed a quick snack to tide Grant, Blake and I over until dinner then we headed towards Ballarat. Here we stayed at a 3 bedroom serviced apartment (larger apartments that are run like a hotel) and the unit had a kitchen and a living area. Despite being 3 bedrooms there was only 1 bathroom. We ate dinner at the Ballarat Steakhouse and the Grant and Blake did all of our laundry. Woohoo!
Our mini van is a Kia Carnival. It has plenty of room for us and all of our stuff. Grant and Blake are doing an amazing job driving - staying on the left side of the road, navigating turn-abouts. I am impressed. Blake is doing the bulk of the driving.
We stopped in Anglesea and had lunch at a bakery. I am loving the meat pies at the bakeries, but Grant is finding them tasty but too salty. We got some ice cream at the grocery store before continuing on our way.
On Sunday we spent the night in Port Campbell. We had a two room loft set up - Downstairs, Grant and I slept in a queen bed, Geoff in a twin, and Blake in a twin. Upstairs, Gary had a queen plus there was a kitchen and a small living area. Conveniently, there was a playground (a slide and two swings) right nect to our unit - like in our "side yard" which was nice for Geoff after our long drive.
Dinner was at the Room Six Cafe, located next to our hotel. We all agreed that this was one of our best meals in Australia so far.
On Monday we explored the coastline some more. The limestone cliffs are soft and the ocean waves carve pillars, caves, inlets and all sorts of interesting formations. We visited the Arch, the London Bridge and the Grotto among other sites. We also visited the 12 Apostles, which are another series of pillars.
All the stops took much longer than we anticipated so by the time we were actually ready to get to our next destination it was already late in the afternoon. We fed Geoffrey a snack and he promptly fell asleep in the car. We enjoyed watching the ocean scenery fade away into hilly farmland and forest landscapes as we made our way north.
We stopped at a small town and grabbed a quick snack to tide Grant, Blake and I over until dinner then we headed towards Ballarat. Here we stayed at a 3 bedroom serviced apartment (larger apartments that are run like a hotel) and the unit had a kitchen and a living area. Despite being 3 bedrooms there was only 1 bathroom. We ate dinner at the Ballarat Steakhouse and the Grant and Blake did all of our laundry. Woohoo!
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