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Australia: Day 19: Great Ocean Road: Day 1

I prepared a nice breakfast, packed my bags and left my CouchSurfer Duncan & his friends. Thanks again for the hospitality. After the train ride I walked for a while with all my bags and finally I came to the meeting point, where Bruno already took the car.

My breakfast should hold for a while

Our rented car, Volkswagen Golf 6, 1.4l TSI with DSG transmission, A$45 per day from Europcar

In Torquay we visited local visitors information centre, where we received many useful material.
Great Ocean Road - Free Bush Camping pdf
Great Ocean Road - Snap Shot pdf
Great Otway National Park and Otway Forest Park - East Otways - Torquay to Kennett River pdf
Great Otway National Park and Otway Forest Park - West Otways ‐ Kennett River to Princetown pdf

Our first kangaroos on Anglesea Golf Course, where approximately 1000 kangaroos reside

Great Ocean Road, here we come

View from our car

Our 2nd stop on the Great Ocean Road was just a little bit outside of Anglesea

View from the walk towards the Aireys Inlet Lighthouse

 

Split Point Lighthouse is located in Aireys Inlet

Memorial Arch at Eastern View - built as a tribute to the soldiers from the First World War who were engaged in the construction of the Great Ocean Road and our group, from the left: Tuši, Kristina, Stella and Bruno.

 

Three thousand Australian returned soldiers and sailors of the First World War (1914 to 1918) bulit the Great Ocean Road.

Great Ocean Road

Road goes along the coast towards Kennett River. Photo from Teddy’s Lookout.

A short side-trip in Lorne took us to Erskirne Falls which is with 30 m one of the highest waterfalls in the Otway region.

Our first Koala near Kennett River

 

Another koala bear near Cape Otway on Eucalypts, whose leaves make up most of their diet.

Wallaby on our way to camp-site

 

In the evening we arrived to our destination and we already had a guard above our free tent site in Blanket Bay camping ground.

Sunset

 

Our dinner

First day on Great Ocean Road with Stella, Kristina and Bruno. Melbourne - Torquay - Lorne - Apollo Bay - Blanket Bay