On the road again

We did a road trip to Adelaide and back last week. There via Victoria and the Great Ocean Road, back through the NSW outback.

It's great to get out there now and again, to experience some of the familiar sights, and explore new spots too.









So it was lunch at the Dog-on-the-Tuckerbox, afternoon tea at the Ettamogah Pub (where else?)

Then we overnighted at Nagambie, a pleasant little town in north-central Victoria which we'd never heard of. It's the birthplace, we discovered, of the famous racehorse Black Caviar, who was born there.

Next day I got to visit two scenic areas I'd long been curious about: Lerderderg Gorge and the You Yangs. The latter are visible as a small group of pointy hills from all over Melbourne. Great places to spend more time at.



 






On via world-famous surf beach, Bells Beach. Not much surf happening this day though. 

It's the Great Ocean Road now, and it truly is a very scenic drive. Somewhere here, near Lorne, I'd made my only other trip down here. Over 40 years ago I'd hitch-hiked down from Melbourne, and got a ride from a couple of young chaps who were cheerfully imbibing from beer bottles as they drove. A lot of this went on in those days. The car hit a post on the edge of a cliff. We limped into Lorne, I crossed the road and hitched straight back.

This time I was doing the driving and it all went a bit more smoothly.

Under Lorne Pier we discovered an enormous seal frolicking and fishing for our entertainment.