Megan suggested that we see one of her favorite parts of Australia and go on a roadtrip along the breath-taking coastline of south-west Victoria on Australia´s famous Great Ocean Road. This was one of my most favorite things that we did in Oz. Not only was it a girls roadtrip with good tunes and good friends, but it reminded me a lot of driving up the coast of California with its beautiful ocean views and cliff formations.
We made loads of stops along the way as Megan is quite a pro when it comes to the GOR; she knows all the best things to see and do. Our first stop was to try and spot wild koalas in their trees at an area known for koala bears. And did we see koalas!! We saw about seven of them, mostly just looking all cute and being lazy sleeping in their trees. One koala was actual up and moving and we got up close and personal with it. We watched it climb down his tree then he gave all his spectators the evil eye as he got off the tree and darted across the road to the other side. Once I saw the vicious look in his eye I bolted out of there- all I could think of was the monkey bite episode.
It was a cloudy day in Oz, but we still made several stops at lookout points along the 4 hr journey. We also had a nice picnic lunch of wine, cheese, fruit, and crackers. We also kept our eyes open for kangaroos, the other wild animal we hoped to see while in Oz. Unfortunately, we didn´t see any roo´s during this road trip. Our last stop that day was at the world-famous Twelve Apostles. These are a series of amazing rock formations that stretch along the coast. That night we arrived at our destination and looked for a room to stay in for the night before we started our journey back the next day. The only thing we could find was this amazing suite-apartment type accommodation complete with two rooms, a huge kitchen, and living room. We were in heaven and felt at home immediately. We had brought a movie, ´Tropic Thunder´to watch that evening, and for some reason our amazing suite didn´t have a DVD player. We ended up sitting in Megan´s car with her computer and a couple bottles of wine watching the movie with our spacious accommodations unoccupied.
I awoke the next day to the sounds of coffee being made in the kitchen and a beautiful day outside. We had perfect weather for our day back to Melbourne and we took advantage of it. Our first stop was for Mary and Megan, who love cheese, at a place appropriately named Cheese World. After we got our cheese on, it was time to make all the rock formations stops in this beautiful weather. We stopped again to see the world-famous Twelve Apostles and made other stops at Bells Beach, Apollo Bay, the Surf Coast and many others. It was a full two day roadtrip and we all had a great time just getting away from the city and spending some great time together.
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