Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia. 31st March 2023

We flew into Melbourne, Australia, on 25th March and after an overnight stay in a local motel we picked up our camper van on 26th March and have spent the last five days driving the Great Ocean Road.  Our first stop was in Anglesea where we had our first sightings of kangaroos around the campsite.  Just after we arrived, we were walking through the site and Paul thought he saw a dog laying outside a cabin and suddenly realised this was no dog, but a kangaroo.  The site was also home to plenty of birds including cockatoos who spent their time digging holes in the grass, and beautiful Crimson Rosellas although they were too flighty to photograph.  The following day we drove to Apollo Bay but the weather wasn't kind to us until the next day when we were able to do a walk up to Marriners Lookout and there's a couple of photos of the view back down.  After two nights in Apollo Bay we drove further west and stopped at the Twelve Apostles which are limestone stacks that have been formed by the erosion of crashing waves and the wind.  This was the first day we were blessed with sunshine.  A little further along the road we stopped to view London Bridge, another rock formation which resembled its namesake.  We stayed for two nights at a campsite in Peterborough which is described as a town but comprises three or four roads with scattered houses and one general store.  However we did have a lovely walk to the Bay of Martyrs where we met a couple from Upminster and shared our mutual travel experiences.  This morning we drove back to Melbourne via an inland route and spending the night close to the airport ready for our early morning flight to Hamilton Island/Airlie Beach tomorrow.