The Great Ocean Road drive along the coast was very beautiful and had some beautiful rock formations to see along the way including Victoria’s 12 Apostles (less, actually. One or two just collapsed a few years ago) and the London Bridge natural bridge. It is a road that hugs the southern coast, sort of like California’s Big Sur drive but with a lot more development including several nice little beachside communities full of cafes and shops. Had a very cold swim at Apollo Bay along the way.
Afterwards I headed up into The Grampians mountain range where I camped for the night. It’s always pretty amazing to drive up to a mountain range from the flats. A beautiful area that reminded me of Western Australia’s Stirling Ranges when I drove up to it through the surrounding flat wheatbelt countryside. Oddly, while returning to my 4wd campsite about 20 minutes before sunset, I came across my first wild deer running around when I’m usually used to just seeing kangaroos! Must have escaped from a local deer farm.
