The Great Ocean Drive

Today, we drove along the Great Ocean Road, which is similar to the Pacific Highway in California, in that it hugs the coastline along sheer cliffs and provides some fantastic views. We stopped several places along the way to see the coastline. We stopped at an area where we saw two koalas in the trees and where brightly colored semi-tame king parrots and rosellas would eat seeds from your hands. We walked along an area through a temperate rainforest with huge ferns and stopped to eat lunch in a cute seaside town. We saw the Loch Ard gorge, a place where two survivors of a shipwreck washed up and then on to the Twelve Apostles, which are interestingly shaped wind and water weathered rocks that rise from the ocean. On the way back, we cut inland past farms of sheep and cattle and vineyards. For dinner, we ate at Papa Goose, which wins the award for the best dessert (Eskimo pie) of the vacation. Tomorrow, we leave for the very long trip home.