Great Ocean Road was commissioned in the early 1930's by the Australian government as a public works initiative to combat the Great Depression. It was designed to be in the category of roads such as the Pacific Coast Highway in California or the Road to Hana in Maui, making the Great Ocean Road one of the most gorgeous and scenic drives in the world. The drive took us about nine and a half hours roundtrip from Melbourne in a car we had borrowed from our friend Jo. To answer your next question: No, neither Stender nor myself had ever driven on the left hand side of the road before. But that was a minor issue. All and all, we only had two real innocents of lapse, where we had realized that we had reverted to driving on the American side of the road, but no big deal. It worked out pretty well. We actually made it back to Jo's house with out any U-turns. This instills a great deal of pride in a man.
In the car:
The culmination of our trip was supposed to have been the Twelve Apostles, which are [apparently] magnificent rock formations that protrude out of the ocean off of the southern coast of Victoria. Due to logistical constraints, we left Melbourne later than we had planned, so for this trip, the Twelve Apostles were beyond our reach. The rain and the dark were coming on quickly, so we had to bail and drive through the boggins town of Colnac for an interesting adventure at a fish and chips joint.
Stopping at one of the beaches:
An amazing waterfall along the way:
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