It was only a short drive east to the start of the great ocean road. On a blustery day after a visit to the rather Disney-ish port area of Warrnambool we cruised the ocean road which was virtually deserted because of the impact on tourism of the fires.
We stopped along the way at the viewpoints including London Bridge, the Bay of islands, and the arch. The only tourists we saw were Chinese, it being their New Year. We avoided the Twelve Apostles viewpoint as we knew we would be walking to it on our forthcoming trek.
After Port Campbell, the only “town“ along the coast the scenery changed and we climbed up thickly forested hills to a quirky B&B within walking distance of the Otway National Park in Melba gully and a short drive away from the start of our trek.
After a walk into the Otway National park which reminded us of some of the primeval rainforest in New Zealand, we drove the few miles to Johanna and eventually located our the Twelve Apostles Lodge, our base for the next 3 nights.
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| Our first walk into very different terrain |
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| Our quirky B&B |
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