Easter 2012–Day 6
We awoke to the unfortunate sound of rain – not a good sign, we don’t like packing up in the wet it is probably the worst thing that could happen when we camp. Brendan went around the tent blowing smoke – from the cold not because he was angry.
After breakfast in the camp kitchen, it was much warmer than outside, and packing up the wet camper in the cold we had some well deserved hot showers before leaving the township of mighty Ballarat – todays temp 2-13 !
We drove thru the city of Geelong and saw the home field for the Geelong cats in the AFL, then stopped at the local Kmart for a few more warm clothes for Brendan and had a warm lunch.
On the road again this time going towards Torquay where we stopped for pictures of the lighthouse at Spit Point and then at the local surf beach. We then made a detour to see the famous Bells beach which had just finished hosting the Rip Curl Pro Surfing competition (local Gerringong girl Sally Fitzgibbons won the women’s). We continued on our way going along the Great Ocean Road. The scenery of rugged coast lines dotted with rocky beaches with pounding angry waves and high jaggered cliff faces was a consistent view with every curvy bend of the road. Deciding that it was getting late we pulled in to the big 4 caravan park at Apollo Bay for the night. It was definitely warmer here on the coast (still cold enough you needed jackets though) but alas the rain had once again followed us and is crap weather, hopefully it will improve for the morning.
