We left our AirBnB accommodation early that morning. Thankfully, weather was good and we were on our way to catch the 9am ferry. It was kinda cool to drive the vehicle onto the ferry with everyone so parked so close to each other.
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| Portsea 7.47 am, waiting for ferry to arrive |
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| all onboard |
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| departing Portsea |
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| on deck |
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| seagulls |
Be careful out there especially with the seagulls hovering over our heads. One nearly shitted on me. Actually, it did but luckily the droppings missed me by an inch, perhaps. Hahaaa.
There's a cafe on the ferry, so we went to grab our morning coffee while enjoying the ride.
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| what do we have here |
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| pie of some sorts |
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| flat white |
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| chicken pie |
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| sausage roll |
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| pretty tasty |
After our breakfast, we went to the upper deck of the ferry to catch the beautiful morning sun.
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| travelling buddies that made the trip possible |
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| reaching Queenscliff soon |
We disembarked from the ferry and drove some more for a few hours.
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| passing by |
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| nice building |
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| passing by a bridge |
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| passed by a flock of birds |
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| canola/rapeseed field |
Most of the nice view were on Ivan's side, so there's only a few photos from my end. We made a pit stop at The Great Ocean Chocolateria and Ice Creamery, to stretch our legs.
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| The Great Ocean Chocolateria and Ice Creamery |
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| eclair of some sort served with fresh cream and a shot of hot chocolate |
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| Raspberry Ice Cream |
The greatest discovery was the hot chocolate sauce will harden once it meets a colder surface. So we dipped the ice-cream into the chocolate sauce and voila, a hard chocolate shell would form outside of the cold treat. Yums!
We quickly made our exit after the morning ice-cream as there were bus loads of school kids coming into the shop.
Let's enjoy the view along the scenic drive!
We made it to Lorne at about 1pm for a quick lunch. Well, it was supposed to be quick but we got distracted. Read more about it here.
After lunch, we drove some more in order to get to the Twelve Apostles.
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| lots of cows |
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| eyes on the road |
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| wow, windmill |
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| these are huge |
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| more sheeps |
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| must be nearing Twelve Apostles |
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| there it is! |
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| The Twelve Apostles limestone formation |
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| documenting formations that eroded as well |
Thanks to Tracy's persistence and insistence, we got to view The Twelve Apostles before more of it gets eroded.
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| walking to the other side to take photo |
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| the photo before we got drenched by the rain |
The drive to The Twelve Apostles took hours, and the time taken to snap the photos of the attraction was only a few minutes. Ivan wanted to walk to the other photo taking site 10 minutes away from the first scenic point, so we went but halfway through it started to drizzle. Ivan insisted that we press on and that the rain wouldn't get any heavier, and so we continued. Alas, the rain continued to get heavier and by the time we got back to the car, our jackets were dripping water.
Thankful for this group of buddies who braved through rain and sun, and arduous long drive, just to make sure we got the best experience in this trip.
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| Jersey cows |
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| rainbow after the rain |
Thank you Hence, Tracy and Ivan for a memorable trip!
