Tuesday, September 22, 2015

The Great Ocean Road and Otway National Park


  Although we were a bit under the weather, we set out for Apollo Bay this morning. Weather was beautiful - white clouds but no rain - but the wind on the coast was pretty frigid. (We are approaching Antarctica here!). We stopped at the usual sights along the coast near Port Campbell - London Bridge, Loch Ard Gorge, the 12 (or fewer) Apostles.


Four Apostles
A couple more
   With the car heater turned up  high, we then headed for the Otway Range.
   As you climb into the Otway N.P., the scenery changes dramatically, from the rolling coastal dunes to steeper hills and then temperate rain forest. We went to the Otway Fly, a commercial elevated walkway through the rain forest. (We passed on the zip line). Amazing  250-foot tall beech trees and 12-foot high tree ferns, which are beautifully symmetrical from above. It was a chilly but worthwhile couple of hours.
The Otway Fly
Tree ferns

The cold wore on us enough that we passed on the Cape Otway Lighthouse (may go back tomorrow) and checked into a lovely room overlooking Apollo Bay, where we sit comfortably and watch the waves crash in.
View  from our room in Apollo Bay

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