It is considered one of the most picturesque drives in the world. I haven't been on too many long drives, but I can tell you it is the most beautiful drive I've ever been on. The first day started in Melbourne where I went to pick up the car. Downtown Melbourne is pretty chaotic to begin with, but learning how to drive a car on the other side of the road while sitting in the right side of the car is quite a challenge! Especially when learning in a very difficult driving environment where the rules are different. Let's just    say you develop a thick skin. 

Driving out on the ocean road was something else. It's just like in the movies. Grand vistas. Huge expanse of ocean on the left. Hilly landscape on the right. The water was colored deep turquoise and aquamarine. The landscape is golden yellow with deep green trees all over the place. 

We spent two days driving around which is only a 3 hour drive. Due to all the beautiful stops and hikes and look outs. 

First night we stopped in a charming little town (Apollo Bay) next to the ocean and had amazing seafood dinner, the following night we stopped in another town on the cusp of the ocean called Port Campbell, we were sadly very disappointed and wanted to run back to Apollo Bay. But at least we could connect to the Internet (in the car, with a very rainy night, outside of our very expensive sketchy motel room). So we could book our motel for the next night. Since we are living day to day it's important to book things. As we are slowly learning.

But, wait, what did you do on your great ocean road trip? Well....

• We hiked in two rain forests
• Saw the biggest trees of life
• Checked out a few lighthouses
• Saw some beautiful waterfalls
• Hiked through the parks to a few far away lookouts with views that people dream about ( oh yeah I went there)
• Witnessed more wild animals than the zoo that we went to in Philip Island

My mind can't even remember all the things we did but pictures are worth a bazillion words. So please enjoy all our pictures because we definitely had a fun time taking them. 





Up next our hippiest road trip through New Zealand and our van that's named Nathan the Emu.
AK and AB