We’ve hardly covered any kilometres but the variety of things we’ve seen has been amazing. I don’t quite know where to start as I’ve been through my photos and want to keep virtually all of them!
The day started early when the boys discovered that wild kangaroos graze on the oval at our campsite.
The fact they are wild (as opposed to the tame ones we see at the wildlife parks) and that we can get so close to them makes this 
special. They are quite different to the roos we see in Western Australia as their ears seem longer, their snouts seem shorter and their bodies are stockier. Next we took a drive to see some of the rock formations that this area is so famous for. When we were down at the beach next to cliffs that were some 15 or 20 metres high, Trevor asked Max and Harry to imagine what they would have done if they were shipwrecked, but stayed alive and were washed up on the beach with the cliffs. “We’d climb the steps” – but there wouldn’t have been any … “then we’d climb the cliffs” – but you’d have no equipment…. “Oh, we’d probably die then….”
Later we walked underground to the infamous ‘12 Apostles”. We learnt that the erosion causes the stone to erode by approximately 2cm each year. So I’ve taken this picture and asked Max and Harry to visit here again in 80 years time and see the difference…
(This picture is taken slightly east of ‘The Twelve Apostles’).
There are so many more photos to see – I valiantly tried to prune them but each had something so unique about it that it was too hard to decide which ones I liked the most. So here are the rest …
We visited a gorgeous cheese factory in Timboon whose advertising tempted us all with promises of tasting their handmade cheeses. When we got there we found them closed as their trading hours are only Thursday to Sunday in May. How disappointing! The cheese factory in Timboon closed down several years ago leaving over 100 locals out of work. A Frenchman was visiting the area selling cheese making equipment when he discovered this. He is a third generation cheese maker, so he and his family took on the factory and now produce much loved cheeses. The garden setting looked just beautiful, and reminded me of the atmosphere of ‘The Berry Farm’ in Margaret River where I used to work years ago as admin/cellar door/waitress/kitchen hand. The garden had just a few wooden tables and chairs that were gently shaded by mature trees. Imagine being able to have a coffee or three and while away an afternoon ….. Trevor and I decided that we would return one summer just the two of us so that we could sit outside enjoying their offerings. What a wonderful day to imagine!
We went home for lunch and had soup, just right on a drizzly, wintery day. After lunch we visited the G.O.R.G.E. Chocolate Factory. G.O.R.G.E. stands for Great Ocean Road Gourmet Experience, a name I thought was very cute. The boys were able to taste chocolate and loved being able to buy things like chocolate honeycomb and minty toads. (Grandpa gave them $5 a week pocket money to spend on icecreams and they’ve been saving it up for a day like today!) This photo, though unfocussed, shows them with the chocolate maker and their loot!The chocolate maker heard about our cheese experience and told us about another cheesery only about 10km away. Brilliant!! I will blog about that tomorrow as Trevor, quite rightly, is cross with me for staying up too late blogging when we have a busy day again tomorrow…..
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