Day 14 - Torquay to Woornambool

Ulls: Wow! What an amazing ride.

If you haven't been to Victoria and taken a ride or drive along the Great Ocean Road, then do it. Straight out of the tourism advertisements, postcards or movies. The GOR is a sight to be seen. Don't expect to cover the distance in record time and at breakneck speed. That's not what it's about. It's about stopping in the provided turnouts and taking photos of the views, photos of yourself with the view in the background and all that touristy type stuff. It's a road to ride/drive when you take your girlfriend for a weekend away. There are even spots to stop where you could get down on a knee and slip the ring on. Ok, this is getting a bit cheesy, but you get my drift.

First stops however, before even hitting the GOR was the famous Bell's Beach, probably more famous in my generation for the movie, Point Break. Patrick Swayze's last good film (not that he was good in any films, but that movie was good ... and he just happened to be in it). Sunrise was spectacular.

Sunrise at Bells Beach - Torquay

Pushing on to Apollo Bay, the road turns inland for awhile and heads up to a place called Lavers Hill. The bikes made the ride up quite easily, but we were met by the cloud line and freezing temperatures near the top. Visibilty dropped to about 100 metres. We took a few happy snaps and in the process were passed by a Moto Guzzi and Yamaha in the thick fog. The usual nods and waves followed before we did. Down the mountain side and we stopped in at the 12 Apostles for a sticky beak. They are pretty amazing.

We only managed to stop at the actual 12 Apostles Centre, where you can't actually see all the apostles. On top of that, there are only 7 left. Here, we also ran into our friends on the bikes we saw up at Lavers Hill. We had a bit of a chat and filled them in on our journey so far.

At Port Campbell we filled up and again ran into the Moto Guzzi and his partner on the Yamaha. Through my mistake, we did three laps of the one block that makes up Port Campbell before finding our way out of town. I'll tell you now, I'm a fantastic navigator. I know that might sound cocky, but I am. This is limited to big cities only however. When I get to towns with only 1 main drag and a couple of side streets, I can get lost for hours.

After 8 hours on the road, we pulled into Woornambool, and pulled out just as quick the next day ...