Good evening everyone,

Today we started out by walking to the train station. From there we took the train to Tottenham and then walked a short dstance to the rental company (Britz). It was quite crowded, so it took some time before we were helped.

After watching the instructional video and checking if the exterior of the car was in order we entered our mobile home and started giving our bags a place inside. Some cushions were missing, but apart from that everything was fine. A quick run-through of how everything worked and we were ready to hit the road.

I sat down on the drivers seat, initially to test the GPS system, but I didn't mind trying out driving on the left first. With that decided, we took off towards Geelong, where we visited the hospital in which John was born, and the National Wool Museum where (grand)pa used to work.

Afterwards we drove off towards Ocean Grove to visit the old house where John had spent his first year of life, the beach nearby and the church where John got Christened. It took some searching but we made it and quickly continued on our way to the Great Ocean Road.

After a while we ended up in a little town called Barwon Heads, where we did some grocery shopping and had dinner. At this point the GPS system failed to work and we had to find the way ourselves. It wasn't much of a problem though and in the end we got the GPS working again.

We followed the road untill it eventually turned into the Great Ocean Road, at which point you could look out the window and see nothing but pure beauty. The incredible views were all around us and we didn't hesitate to stop multiple times just to enjoy the scenery.

The sun hid behind the horizon at some point though, and we found a place to spend the night; a little caravan park right next to the main road we were following in Lorne. We set up camp and I got to tune the guitar we bought along the way to try out some songs. It quickly got really late though and we had to prepare our beds and make a plan for tomorrow.

In the end, driving on the left wasn't so hard. The scary parts were the freeway where the wind was blowing with enormous power and I had to adjust constantly and the Great Ocean Road where the sharp turns along the steep ridges were quite startling. We managed ok though, and I got used to driving on the left pretty fast. Although I might need a reminder tomorrow morning...

We'll see you tomorrow!

Jeremy