appropriately enough, being the last day of the year, i have this to confess : despite all the attractions that melbourne affords, many of which were mention in the previous post, i chose to visit melbourne over sydney because of the iconic great ocean road and the 12 apostles.
not to mention that the air tickets were also cheaper.
The Great Ocean Road (aka surf coast highway, B100) is an Australian National Heritage listed 243 kilometres stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia between the Victorian cities of Torquay and Allansford, near Warrnambool.
(wikipedia)
we had planned on staying a nite at apollo bay, somewhere in the midpoint of this iconic road but because all accommodation listed on agoda & booking.com were not available on the date we wanted, we ended up staying further west at port campbell. this turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as the famed
12 apostles is located just a short drive away.....
after 4 hours on the road, was this a welcome sight or what??
there were originally only 9 of these limestone rocks but for the purpose of tourism, they were called the 12 apostles. one, humourously called Judas, has been eroded by the waves in 2005, leaving just 8 currently.
another rocky attraction is the
loch ard gorge a few km down the road.
just to end with new year greetings from my family.....
4 comments:
take a drive to two mile bay and take a photo from that famous bench. view of the 12 apostles from the reverse view!!
SAHM,
missed that altogether!!
interesting..... didn't know Melbourne got such magnificence view...
MiChi,
there's a whole new world out there for you to appreciate!!
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