Day 8
Travel Location: Apollo-Bay,Australia
G’day and welcome to day 2. Not day 2 of our travel, but day two as in the second rainy day of our trip. We woke up to clouds in Mornington Pensinsula and after a short breakfast we were on our way. The trip took us firstly to Point Nepean which is located at the tip of the peninsula and encloses Port Philip Bay together with Queenscliff on the other side. The point is quite important to military history as the first shot in World War I fired by Australian forces was fired here to stop a German ship from leaving the bay and the first shot in World War II was fired by Australian forces to stop an Aussie ship which didn’t identify itself correctly. Although it was raining we thought it was worth taking the “people mover” to point Nepean. Point Nepean is now a national park and can be accessed by walking, with the bicycle and for lazy people by choo-choo train. It was an amazing ride through the national park and the former military base. Some parts are still to be cleared from undetonated bombs and ammunition.
In other to get to Queenscliff to continue our journey along the Great Ocean Road (more about that later) we took the 12 pm ferry from Sorrento. This is a 40 minutes ride across Port Philip Bay with a great view to Point Nepean and Queenscliff. A nice journey to skip the drive past Melbourne and saving us a couple of hours.
The drive along Great Ocean Road was amazing. It’s something that must be experienced rather than explained. However, we hope you enjoy the pictures. Windy roads along the coast of Victoria with views over the Ocean and the cliffs ahead to be climbed. The Great Ocean road was built in memory of the guys serving in the first world war and opened in 1932. The coastline is and was treacherous to ships as a grave inscription of the captain of a capsized ship in the 1891’s describes. The ship is still there, but because of high tide we didn’t see the remains.
We reached our destination just south of Apollo Bay at Morengo caravan holiday park (recommended). Just two minutes from the camping ground you can spot seals on a small stony island in front of the coast. Although it rained the whole day, we were rewarded with some sunset pictures and an almost cleared sky. We heard that Victoria needs the rain and thus didn’t mind to have a little bit on our trip.
