• Australia 2024
    Quills & a diet of ants/termites, Echidnas (& platypus) are the only mammals that lay eggs!
    1The CragsThe Bay of IslandsThe Bay of Islands2The Bay of MartyrsHalladale PointHalladale PointHalladale PointStill Halladale Pointguess where...? ;)Last pic of Halladale PointThe GrottoThe Grotto1'London Bridge' refers to the structures on the leftSunset from London Bridge lookoutSunset from London Bridge lookout

    The Great Ocean Road

    September 22, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 61 °F

    Aside from our first (southern coast) amazing view , we saw our first Echidna!
    There are tons of beautiful lookouts along The Road, and the beauty of each stop is in serious competition with all others. Some interesting learning about a few of the stops:
    >> The Bay of Martyrs: According to long-standing oral history, Europeans killed a large group of Karrae-Wurrong Aboriginal men here. They did so by running them off the cliffs, while the women and children were supposedly killed in a swamp that is close by.
    >> The Crags: The Gunditjmara, a nearby Aboriginal tribe, believe that the souls of the dead are carried to the island and then up into the skies. The Crags has served as a special place for the Aboriginal community for thousands of years.    Read more