The next day we hit the Great Ocean Road.It was a sunny day which was great because it would have been pointless in the rain.The views of the crashing surf are gorgeous and definitely the most spectacular views are by the Twelve Apostles. Of course that’s where hordes of tour buses stop and way too many people mill about the small lookout but what can you do. Just do your best to take pictures without anyone interfering.
Twelve Apostles
There were other lookout points for rock formations which were also gorgeous, and had less people around, like the London Bridge. It was a long day of driving and I would have loved to spend more time around the coast and possibly try surfing in Torquay, but we only had one day.
Be weary of cops down there though because later we received a ticket from a speed camera when we had driven down there with our van for going 108km/h (67m/h) in 100 (62 m/h) zone which isn’t fast at all compared to other places of the world, but in AU the speed limit is low and you have to follow it exactly. I was driving the rental back to Melbourne, as Hendrik and I chauffeured his parents around all day. I was making my way slowly (100k/h) down the long straight road and Hendrik was bored and impatient and told me to go faster, that nothing would happen.So I told him over and over again that he’d pay for my ticket if I got one and when he agreed I sped up.About five minutes later I saw a cop do a Uie, and now he was following me.I promptly slowed down, and he followed me for a few minutes and then pulled me over.I only got a warning but I made sure not to let Hendrik live it down and it was even more ironic when we received the ticket for the van since Hendrik had been driving then.So don’t speed, you will get pulled over.
