Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Day 4: The Great Ocean Road

Woke up in the morning (wow! had a good uninterrupted sleep.. especially from Mei-mei) to find the two sleepy piggies.. 

Ate a quick breakfast and then packed into the car for our long drive to Port Campbell.

First stop was Castle Cove:

The beach was just so beautiful and serene:

There we caught our first glimpse of the famous Twelve Apostles (8 left):

Hopped into the car and to the Twelve Apostles:

It was a hot! hot! walk.. luckily not too far.

Ta-da:

Silly faces:

After taking so many pictures, we were hot and hungry so daddy drove to Port Campbell town where we went into the restaurant right next to where he was parked, "Forage on the Foreshore":

Too hungry to take pictures. Only managed Mei-mei's juice and my gnocchi:


This is The Arch. We all walked partially along the walkway. But the heat and the flies to got us. So we quickly bundled back into the comfort of the car.

Next stop was The Grotto. Here only daddy and I went down as you were all too tired and too hot to want to walk. Your loss :P

Look at the beautiful view. And the waves crashing in:

Then strangely the water is very calm here. 

This was our last stop for "batu" at Bay of Martyrs:

No more "batu". Next stop is Ko-ko's favorite - cheese:

We waited a while for our turn for cheese tasting. Daddy was busy worrying about the car's engine oil level which he had suddenly realized was rather low. But luckily he did some research to find out that it was at normal level. Of course, we left the cheesery with quite a selection of cheese!

Next stop for the adults. Whiskey

Right next to the distillery was Timboon Ice-creamery. Yay. So we all went there to cool down. This is the (rather large) tasting which the lady gave to Mei-mei:


Look at the dirty girl!

At least Ko-ko was cleaner and neater eater!

Ah Kong and Ah Ma also had some:

By the time we reached Apollo Bay, it was nearly dinnertime and we were hungry, since lunch was light and early. Spotted the sign to "Apollo Bay Fisherman's Co-op" which we had already listed as one of the placed to eat. So we popped by the grocery to pick up something then went back there to buy dinner:


Scallop, chips and prawn (missing my fish):

.. and of course, white wine to go with our dinner. 

Phew.. hot and long day. But it was fun. Everyone had a chance to do something they enjoyed. 

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