The final day of travel saw us leaving Mt Gambier around our normal time of 9am (SA time !), and we headed up the road to Millicent where we filled up with petrol. It started raining while we were there, and basically didn’t stop for the rest of the day – although it was heaviest … [Read More »]
Archives for December 2003
Road Trip day 6
We left Port Campbell just after 9am this morning, stopping almost as soon as we left the town (I think we were still in the 80kph zone) to look at the views from a lookout over the Port Campbell bay. We then proceeded to stop every couple of kilometres for the next hour and a … [Read More »]
Road Trip day 5
We left Torquay this morning around 9am, before heading off along the great ocean road through Anglesea and Lorne, before stopping for lunch at Apollo Bay. We had many stops along the way to take in the great scenery, and the driving was generally pretty slow due to the winding and narrow roads. [table1] We … [Read More »]
Road Trip day 4
We started the day heading out of Hastings just before 9am, driving south for a bit before heading west across the peninsula to Dromana and then south along the western coast to Sorento to catch the ferry across Port Philip to Queenscliff. Just as we pulled up to the ferry warf in Sorento, the 10am … [Read More »]
Road Trip day 3
We left Sale at around 8:30am, heading south to Yarram and then along to Foster. Got a surprise around Toora as we came across a wind farm, with a dozen giant windmills on the hills generating power from the wind – quite an impressive sight. [table1] From Foster, after stopping for petrol and some grocery … [Read More »]