Hello everyone!

Today we woke up with the sun shining brightly on our campsite. We started our day off by taking a shower and using the local barbecue. We prepared some sausages and some steak to eat later on, while fighting off the birds in the area.

After we were done we had some breakfast and explored the surrounding area of Lorne. We headed down to the beach and made our way along the coastline up into a small portion of the village and went back over the road to our mobile home.

We drove off, following the Great Ocean Road again until we saw a sign which said: Sheoak Falls Car Park. We stopped here and looked around. There was a small passageway leading up into the mountains and we followed it for quite some time. We finally got to see the waterfall after a while and climbed down to reach it.

When we got back we continued our journey along the Great Ocean Road until we reached Apollo Bay. We decided to have a lunch break here and found a food hall almost immediately. A cheap but incredibly good lunch, with exceptional coffee according to John.

We quickly drove off again though, no time to lose. We kept driving until we noticed a turnoff to a rainforest walk. We stopped at the first car park at the side of the road and followed a walking route through this rainforest from there. It was incredible to find this rainforest basically right around the corner of Apollo Bay, a town at the beach.

After walking around for about 20 minutes we went back on the road and after a short while we took a turn left towards Cape Otway. It was about a 24 km detour and about three quarters into the first half of the way we had to stop for a crossing echidna. We even had to sign a car on the other lane to stop. The echidna itself was a bit shy so it was quite hard to get a picture.

On our way back to the main road we stopped on the left hand side at a tree where koala's were hanging out. Five of them to be exact, and all awake! Though, to be fair, some were yawning all the time. A lot of people noticed a few cars had stopped there so it quickly became crowded, which was our cue to drive off again.

Our next stop were the twelve apostles. Here we found the most people we had seen together since leaving Melbourne! But apart from it being crowded, there were some amazing views of some incredible rock formations. Further up the road we also found the London Bridge, which collapsed in 1990. This was a natural bridge between a rock and the main land. The rock itself cannot be reached anymore nowadays, but John had been there before.

After what we had thought to be our last stop we found another point of interest: The Bay of Martyrs. Just some quick looks and photos before we were on our way to our last stop of the day. Warrnambool.

In Warrnambool we drove past the first house where John lived there, and along a lot of old places that John remembered from his childhood. We also drove to the beach, and tried to find a camp site near it, but they were all full or closed... We decided to turn around and grab a bite at Taco Bills. Robbie Berger wasn't in, but his wife Crystal was. She made one quick phone call after our dinner and fixed us up with a place to stay in Henna street.

So here we are now, in Warrnambool, Henna street. It's quite late already so we're going to go to bed now. More photos will be uploaded tomorrow morning because the internet connection here is slow and we need to upload manually because the site isn't cooperating. We'll see you tomorrow!

Jeremy