Travel Day

After a day at camp and trip to the beach for Bentley yesterday, we packed up and headed off today. We stopped at Torquay for a coffee and a walk around the shops and then we headed to Queenscliff and camped at caravan park/sports ground, good site with good amenities, $37 a night with 10 % off for us seniors. After lunch of sour dough bread which we bought in Torquay we walked into town, looks a lovely place, lots of nice shops/coffee shops/op shops. We haven't been down to marina or ferry yet.
Tea tonight is marinated chicken and salad cooked by my resident cook, Bentley is looking tired after a walk into town and his beach time yesterday, oh and Brian managed to get a hair cut in Queenscliff for $15, it's my turn next for a hair cut and Bentley is next on the list......
Photos
Cargo ship heading out at Queenscliff
Bentley having fun at the beach yesterday

60's Diner Aireys Inlet

2nd post today
Had a great night out at a 60's diner, great place, friendly, food good, enjoyable

End of daylight saving and end of Great Ocean Rd

Well daylight saving ended today and it feels more normal, woke up at 6.15am and we were out seeing the last of the Great Ocean Rd before 9am, we had a quick drive back towards Lorne for a few photos and then turned east to Anglesea, the road changes now and is more normal rd with occasional ocean views, after coffee and a walk around Anglesea, there was a triathlon on, so very busy we drove to Torquay, the road now like a highway after the windy close to the ocean rd of before, Torquay big and busy, may visit later on a weekday. They say the Great Ocean Rd starts in Torquay but I feel the scenic and beauty of the rd starts at Airey Inlet where we are now, so it seems we have come to the end of Great Ocean Rd and have to say we have enjoyed our wander up and down, tomorrow we are having a rest day here deciding on where to head next. We are out to tea tonight at the 60's Diner, may post some photos of that later.
Photos:
Memorial arch - Aireys Inlet
Looking back towards Lorne
Anglesea river

Aireys Inlet

Packed up this morning ready to head further down the road to Aireys Inlet, stopped at markets in Apollo Bay and bought some choc brownies before we headed of down the winding road. Traffic busy today as its Saturday and saw lots of sports cars with their tops down. Arrived Aireys about lunch time, set up and headed out for an explore, there are Top shops and Bottom shops, nice looking 60's diner at bottom shops, they have hot dogs, milk shakes and upstairs a great looking diner, may get chance to try it out, some nice looking coffee shops too. Took Bentley to the beach and he went mad running around, in the water etc, walked up to the lighthouse and by that time it was a late lunch at camp and rest before showers.
Brian is cooking himself a steak tonight, I am having chicken sausage, both with salad
Scenic photos today:
Aireys Inlet
Beach
Lighthouse

Cuddly Koala

We went to Kennett river today had a coffee at the shop, nice, relaxing in the sunshine and then 4 tour buses turned up one after the other, they all spilled out of the buses, heading for the nearest tree for Koala's or into the shop, I was glad we had had our coffee first, I told a Japanese lady Bentley was a Koala not a dog, she said "cute"
We took a walk and drive around the area, not many Koala's but lovely area, back at camp we had a late lunch and then shop for supplies, we intend to camp at Aireys Inlet tomorrow for a couple of nights, nearly at the end of the Great Ocean Rd. we have enjoyed our stop in Apollo Bay
Photos:
Me and my cuddly Koala
Cafe at Kennett River, before the tourist

To Lorne and back

Started the day with mundane stuff like laundry, then late bacon and egg breakfast. Travelled a very windy road to Lorne, which was bigger than I expected, lots of cafe's and coffee shops, all very busy because of school holidays, after coffee we visited Erskine Falls, another windy rd and lots and lots of steps down, but beautiful, we thought we might like to stay in Lorne but none of the caravan parks will take dogs.
Travelling back we stopped at Wye River, small but lovely place and other look outs but time was getting on, 5pm before we got back to Apollo Bay and the sun was shining so we had a sparkle on the water, such a lot to see and of course photos to take.
Photo are:
Pink & Grey Galahs having fun
The bottom of Erskine Falls
Erskine falls
Great ocean rd from lookout at Lorne
Jogger on Great Ocean Rd, seems there is a marathon in May.
After our late breakfast and busy day we seemed to have missed lunch and I'm not sure what's on the menu for tea, will have to think about that, Bentley's had his tea so he is happy.

Back to the coast

We have headed back down to the coast as the forecast is for sunnier weather, we are camped at Marengo caravan park, just outside Apollo Bay, the c/park at Apollo bay was $40 a night but here $30, nice caravan park, on a headland overlooking the bay, I can hear the surf from the beach, we arrived about lunch time and after set up and a flat battery, oops left the ignition on, headed into Apollo Bay for lunch, no cheap pub meals here so we headed to a food court and had chicken and chips, I saved some of my chicken for Bentley who was resting in the car.
Haven't had tv reception for a while and have missed about 3 episodes of Downton Abbey, will have to buy the DVD I think,
Tomorrow we plan to drive up the coast to Lorne for coffee and drive back taking in the sights.
Tea tonight is left over chow Mein that Thelma, my thermomix made last night