• Australia 2024
    1Entrance to Melba Gully
    The tree-ferns are enormous -- and they are a dominant citizen in this beautiful forest of green."Anne's Cascade" was a lovely little waterfall."Hey Mark, what is that?"The Myrtle Beech tree can live up to 200 yrs and grow 30m high! They're huge!Leaving the trail heading downhill.Mark is in front of a very large uprooted tree.Beautiful flowers in front of the restaurant.Lunch at a restaurant called "The Perch" at Lavers HillThere were dozens of beautiful King Parrots that you could watch during your meal.Otway Fly Treetop Adventures trail.1We climbed the 106 steps to view the parkView from the walkway.The 'cantilevered' viewing deck.It's really difficult to capture the height of these trees with a picture.And the tree-ferns are also just huge.Our remaining drive to Apollo Bay was just as beautiful as the parks visited.

    Continuing Eastward on Great Ocean Road

    September 25, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F

    Traveling east along the Great Ocean Road to Apollo Bay. On the way we stopped at Melba Gully, had lunch at a restaurant that catered to visits from beautifully-colored feathered friends, and then visited the Otway Fly Treetop adventure.

    >> Melba Gully --- known as the 'Jewel of the Otways' and is one of the wettest places in the state. It has prolific plant growth and is a dense rainforest of Myrtle Beech, Blackwood and Tree-ferns, with an understory of low ferns and mosses. Perhaps the most unusual inhabitants of the area are the glow worms, which can be seen at night along the walking tracks. We didn't experience the glow worms....maybe next time.

    >> The Otway Treetop Walk is the longest (600m) and highest (30m) elevated walk of its kind in the world.    Read more