Simon & Caroline's World Tour 07/08

With Dad having cycled a fair chunk of New Zealand, it was hardly surprising that he'd want to get the bike out again to cover a bit of the Great Ocean Road. What was surprising was my enthusiasm and belief I'd be able to do it as easily. For this section the road left the coast and wound up into the forests (notice "up", and how bad that is for a cyclist). Caroline brought the support vehicle along behind, and we met at Cape Otway for lunch. On the way Dad and I managed to spot the elusive koala, mainly because this particular one chose to start roaring as we stopped for a breather. (Caroline also saw one cross the road, but didn't get the camera out quick enough!)

Goal for the day was the Twelve Apostles for sunset, a set of twelve rock columns eroded away by the sea, so much so that some are now submerged. We'd also like to know what an apostle is - closest we got was a disciple, but that's not a definitive answer. As the sun set we were treated to the beautiful orange hues, and reflections of the sea. It was so good that I didn't even need to use the sunset/cheat mode on the camera (the new official standard on good sunsets).

Once the sun had dropped (along with the temperature!), a group of little penguins appeared on the beach. We had seen the many footprints leading down from the nesting sites to the sea, and were expecting a large flock to be returning. The ten or so that did appear must be the most indesicive penguins around as they made several tentative attempts to get to dry land before we gave up and retreated to the warmth of the campervan!