Kings Around Oz: Great Ocean Road

Geelong to Lorne

Well our Journey along the Great Ocean Road was such a great time and we saw so many sites that we have to write two blogs for it!!!! After leaving Geelong we headed for Lorne. The first stop was at the Arch that pays tribute to the World War 1 Diggers that lost their lives at war. The road was built by the returned soldiers as a works project to keep them employed on their return from war and they dedicated the road to their fallen comrades. We then continued on to Lorne and were blown away by the fact that we were literally driving around the edge of Australia. We stayed at a caravan park on the edge of the of the Cumberland River and that is where we started our hike to see the Cumberland Falls. It was a great walk in and we had to cross the river 4 times, which Haydan loved, but the falls were more a trickle given it is getting towards the end of summer. We also went to the Erskine Falls and these were more impressive as were the Sheoak Falls. We got a good view of The Great Ocean Road from Jimmy's Lookout where you can see it twist and turn along the coast line. We spent time exploring the town and the kids loved walking along the swinging bridge and playing on the boat at the park. It was then time to hit the road again and continue on to Apollo Bay.