Today’s tour was the Ocean Road. Torquay for morning tea. Then on to Bells Beach, a world famous surfing beach and film scene. Torquay, according to our driver Colin was originally called Swampy Creek but nobody wanted to live there so they changed the name. Colin had a nice quirky sense of humour.
We drove for hours along Ocean Drive always on the look out for wild koalas in the trees and kangaroos in the fields. The coastal views were superb. Miles and miles of cliffs and beaches, like the Cliffs of Moher but many times over.
Christmas in Melbourne feels very low key. None of the excitement or the madness of home. I did hear John Lennon’s Happy Christmas (War is Over) but only the once.
Lunch was a take away fish and chips on the beach at Apollo Bay. The tour included a lot of photo stops. I felt like a Japanese tourist but then most of my fellow travellers were Japanese or Asian so that explains that.
As a Christmas present, I treated myself to a helicopter ride over the off shore rock formations known as the Twelve Apostles. Wow!
Happy Christmas All.
Ann x
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