Day Fifty-Eight: Melbourne: Great Ocean Road

When my parents visit Melbourne, the travel agent told them that there are three things that you have to see while in Melbourne.

The Gold Rush,
The Penguins,
and the Great Ocean Road.

The name suggests exactly what it is. It is 5.5 hour coastal drive (nonstop) from Geelong to Warrnambool in Melbourne. Vast water scene on the left, rugged mountains on the right, with a cliff drop in between. This place is absolutely breathtaking!! Everything you see there is something you would see on a postcard, but it is real. When you stand on one of the edge, you feel free and light. The wind can carry you away. It is a great escape from the city life...just drive down that winding road and you will forget everything.

No other place sticks to my mind like this place.
Here are some pictures:


The most famous Twelve Apostles. The Twelve Apostles are sandstone towers that were once part of the coastal line. Over the years, the ocean water washed up the shore and gauged out arches. The arches became thinner and thinner and eventually broke, left behind the individual towers. There are now only eleven towers, because one of the towers collapsed. This area is still an active environment, constantly changing.

The area is quite misty, and that gives it a heavenly feel to it. It just appears so unreal like in a dream. Everything with a touch of your finger, and it will be gone.


Warrnambool. What if the sun rises in between??


Five steps from the Ocean: