Finally we reached it: The Great Ocean Road. A fantastic stretch of beach road going up from Port Fairy towards Melbourne. Again the scenery of Australia surprises and amazes - completely different from what we have seen until now - but again just beautiful! Not just the fantastic rock formations in the water that the 12 Apostles and some others are - also the general coastline: a rough sea that has caused many shipwrecks through the centuries and a wonderful landscape going down towards it.
We have gone through national parks where wildlife and vegetation are taken care of and where the presentation and infrastructure to get you there is just perfectly organized.
I met an english lady at The 12 Apostles at 7 this morning. She was standing with her camera mounted on a three-foot, ready to take pictures. She told that she travelled all the way from England to get this picture - and was not perfectly happy about her 2nd day of overcast here. Actually the cloudy sky matched the dramatic rocks well - I think!
Our 2 days of 90 something riding distances has been nice. When the day can be done in less than 6 hours with quite some stops for sightseeing, lunch and coffee it is easy! Today we had the longest climb in Australia: 1500 meters. But although it went on for quite a while it was gentle and fine. We had fog and drizzle rain at "the top", but went to another of the typical local coffeehouses where everything is homemade and the coffee good. It was cold to get back on the bike going down for quite a while. I am just happy to have brought my thin duvet jacket that packs to nothing and warms wonderfully under my rain jacket. Now at Apollo Bay where we have another rest day (what an easy life) tomorrow..
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