Jul 08

I've already posted about these two short trips that I took at the end of November and beginning of December, to get out and see some of the amazing nature in Victoria, only hours from Melbourne. I have photos now as well though, which are here.

The day trip to Wilsons Prom was not nearly enough to truly explore the park. I was meant to go on a 3 day trip with two nights of camping, but the tour company cancelled the camping part on me, which was really disappointing. Still, it was an amazing day, we saw lots of wildlife, and I realized how out of shape I was after the first walk to a viewpoint.

I then spent 3 days on the Great Ocean Road, which was all just so beautiful: the ocean, forests, farmland... The main places I visited which the photos show were the nature area at Cape Otway, the most southern point of this part of the coast, with a lighthouse; the Otway Fly Tree Top Walk, which was a pathway suspended amongst a forest, so you had a totally different view of the trees and wildlife; and the western end of the Great Ocean Road, with the famous Twelve Apostles, as well as other formations and blowholes carved from the sandstone that makes up that area.

Some videos...

Walking along the tree top path. You can hear some of the clanging and other weird noises it made as it swayed around. Not for those with a fear of heights, or of clanging, swaying things...

Even bouncier! This is a part of the path that sticks out from the rest. You can see how it bounces around and the guy has a hard time walking straight (at least I think that's the walkway's fault).

The view from the tower that is the highest part of the walk. You can hear some clanging as someone goes down the stairs.