Apollo Bay > Melbourne

Today we headed off on our final drive along the Great Ocean Road and back to the city life of Melbourne.

I'd found a GOR blog which covered the exact journey we wanted to do, so we used this to pick and choose where to stop on our long drive back. The first stop was only a few minutes into the journey. We parked up in the car park and following a short yet steep walk up the hill, we were greeted with a beautiful, rainbow view at Marriner's Lookout, overlooking Apollo Bay which made the uphill walk most definitely worth it!

We set back off on our journey and the weather unfortunately started to talk a turn and the rain started coming down. We stopped for another short walk to Carisbrook Falls. We really enjoyed these hidden gems, particularly as there were no other people around! This was such a peaceful spot with the sounds of the waterfall located in the middle of a hill.

The next stop was a place known for the koala sightings, however when we got here, the heavens had truly opened! Tom was smugly pleased with his Patagonia purchase at this point! Luckily, the cafe there was selling ponchos at 3 dollars! That was me sorted, fashionista! After a toilet stop for me, and a deeeeelicious sausage roll snack for Tom, we walked towards the group of people looking up and there, huddled in the tree branches was a koala! We walked further up the hill, hoping for more sightings, but it wasn't meant to be!

We continued on the rainy, grey journey to the end of the GOR and jumped out for the iconic photo shot at the memorial arch. We read here that the arch was built in honour of the soldiers who worked on the road and its creation during World War 1.

On we went with a coffee stop and surfing viewing and after Torquay, we finally made it to our home for the next few nights in South Yarra. Walking through Melbourne, we could hear the roaring engines coming from the F1. We stocked up at Aldi, got comfy in our apartment (slippers were well and truly missed here!) and Tom dusted off his cooking skills and rustled up a curry which we thoroughly enjoyed, along with a mountain of rotis...heaven!Lue lisää