Friday 23 Feb, 2024 – Saturday 24 Feb, 2024
We Spent Friday and Saturday just enjoying Granny Flat Reserve a bit more. We did more Laundry, went swimming a few more times, did some more schoolwork and chatted with the other campers.
Sunday 25 Feb, 2024
We drove all day, trying to fit a bit of school in while in the car. We went southwest to get past Melbourne, then hopped on the Great Ocean Road along the south coast of Australia. It was very beautiful to see the ocean at sunset. We turned off the Ocean Road and headed North for the night. We stayed at Dando’s Campsite which was up a lonely track in the hills. We got there late at night after dark and had to reverse the caravan out of a few wrong turns which was sort of exciting, but in the end we were glad to be able to finally rest after a very long day.
Monday 26 Feb, 2024
When we woke up, we didn’t really like the look of Dando’s campsite. It was very tidy and spacious, but there wasn’t a lot to do there. No river and not a lot of sunshine, since it was in a thick forest. So, we spent the day driving farther west. We stopped at the Beauchamp Falls Reserve and walked down to see the waterfall. It was a down, down, down, walk and then an up, up, up, walk back to the car. I felt that the rainforest in this part of Australia reminded me so much of New Zealand that if I wasn’t thinking too hard, I would think it WAS New Zealand, if not for the different smell of the place.
After that we decided to check out a grove of redwood trees nearby before driving back to the Great Ocean Road. While in the redwoods, we told the kids to run everywhere they went to make sure they got all their wiggles out after 2 days of driving. And they sure did run!!! We finished the Great Ocean Road after stopping for a look at The Twelve Apostles rock formations along the coast, also getting a glimpse of several other tourist sites along the road such as, London Bridge, Bay of Martyrs, and Bay of Islands. Then we found Sawpit Campground just as the sun went down.
One thing that was interesting to notice, was the changing sunrise and sunset times as we continued to travel west. It was really obvious to see those times get later and later while we were in the same time zone. So far, we have travelled around 1500 km west.
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