Wednesday, December 31, 2008

The Great Ocean Road

The Great Ocean Road (GOR) is a 243 km stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia between the Victorian cities of Torquay and Warrnambool. The road was constructed as a Memorial to those killed in the First World War. It is one of Australia's great scenic coastline drives.

GOR starts at Torquay and travels westward to the outskirts of Warrnambool. The road forms about 90% of B100 (previously designated as State Route 100), the remaining 10% known as the Surfcoast Highway which joins Geelong to Torquay.

We Conquer part of GOR, on the 29/12/2008, we started our journey from Doncater East to Port Campbell on the GOR, it took us about 4 hour via the inland route.


and coming back we took the GOR route. The journey back was challenging, long and winding road. 

while we are on the GOR we visited :-

God's Wonderful Creations
















The Grotto

London Arch 
(formerly known as London Bridge before collapse of land section)


The Arch


Thunder Cave

The Blowhole

Elephant Rock

Sunday, December 28, 2008

The Nobbies

The Nobbies (Phillip Island) - a magnificent headland with boardwalks and lookout points offering spectacular coastal views. But there's much more to see than great views - the main drawcard of The Nobbies is the chance to view Australia's largest colony of fur seals, located 1km offshore. Up to 16,000 seals gather at Seal Rocks, with the number peaking during breeding season from October to December. 

Watch the seals sunning themselves on the rocks, feeding their young, wrestling, or flopping into the cool water. From the boardwalks at The Nobbies you can watch their transformation from ungainly land creatures to swift, sleek marine dwellers twisting and rolling in the clear waters. For a closer look, visit the new Nobbies Centre which has just opened on the headland. The centre features state-of-the-art animal viewing technology, via a camera positioned on Seal Rocks that can be steered by visitors to zoom in on their favourite seal. Also onsite are educational displays about marine life, a café and upstairs function centre.







The Blowhole


Monday, December 22, 2008

Ryan's Kinder Concert

This is Ryan's 1st & last Kinder Concert.
Next year he will be going to prep school.