The Great Ocean Road has truly awesome scenes. We set off yesterday (Saturday, 30 Sept) morning 7.30am – early by our Saturday standards – took the Princes Highway heading out west, and drove all the way to Warnambool. We arrived around 10.30am, and went to the touring information centre on Flagstaff Hill. As we were browsing around in the centre, we casually asked the receptionist about whale sighting and she said, “You should head out there now!”. So off we went to Logan Beach to try to catch a few whales. We were excited to catch glimpses of a couple of whales but caught even better sights the next morning when we returned. After Logan Beach, we headed to Peterborough to try to find our Motel which we had booked blind via the web.
We found it, decided that it was clean and comfortable, left our luggage there and headed out to Port Campbell to try and get some lunch. After some truly forgetable fares, we headed out eastward and took in the truly magnificent scenery, where majestic limestone protrusions peppered the coastlines. After a half dozen or so stops with heaps of Kodak moments, we stopped at the 12 Apostles but unfortunately the sun was such that it was very difficult by then (close to 5pm) take any decent photos. We managed this however…

That night, tired but happy, we headed to the one decent place in othewise sleepy Peterborough, for dinner. Schomberg Motel was packed with folksy holiday makers, who enjoyed the food and grog in equal measures. Theresa and I shared a seafood platter. kiddo had a pineapple and ham pizza and a cheesecake, and we all shared a wonderful a cobb loaf of garlic bread.

Next morning, we headed out to the “Grotto”, then made our way to Warnambool again for a truly wonderful whale sighting session. A couple of baby whales lingered very close to the shores and dozens of surfers made the occasion such a beautiful one – human and nature so close together!

We got home just after 3pm, I gave the car a solid scrub, cleaned up, went for dinner and came home happy that we all got a decent holiday as a family, after almost 2 years. Thank You, God!