The end of the Great Ocean Road

After a one day break in Apollo bay we had to proceed not without a struggle: During 85 km we also had to cycle 1.400 meters of elevation. The first half went on quite well but at Lavers Hill we couldn’t find any drinking water for our bottles, so we had to buy some for the first time since Thailand.

a little rain forest on our way to Lavers Hill

Completely exhausted we finally reached Princetown. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find anything useful in the little shop, so we just got some chips and wedges at the local pub. Looking down at the valley with heaps of kangaroos jumping around we enjoyed our meal.

yes, these are not those kangaroos

Our tired legs led us along a flatter road to the so called Twelve apostles, a formation of rocks on the coast. The sea and the surrounding area was beautiful to look at there.

As usual our ride was accompagnied by smelly cadavers and other remains. It’s amazing how many back bones and skulls are lying around next to the road, creepy! Finally we reached our destination Warrnambool where we had to enjoy the heated indoor pool of our camp site immediately. 😉 As there are lots of dog owners among the permanent guests and they don’t seem to like to clean after their dogs, putting up our tent was a bit undelicate – what didn’t we swear!

some lovely bones

a church in Warrnambool