After a false start, I was off on my day tour of the Great Ocean Road area. Everyone, let me first start off by saying....If you have never been to Australia yet - GO! This tour turned out to be the best thing I've done so far....Every inch of Great Ocean Road is just ridiculously breath taking! The tour was A-MAZING, & Chris, the tour guide, was funny & informative, he had lots of stories to tell & was a terrific host for the day.
At this point, I think I now have well over 400 pictures, a lot of which was taken on Great Ocean Road today. I saw the 12 apostiles, London Bridge as it's known, I even got convinced to go on the 10 minute helicopter ride, giving me a birds' eye view from the sky of everything we'd just seen from the ground!
Never in my life did I ever think I'd do that but I did & it was such a blast! There was just a small group of people in the van, so it was totally manageable. There were lots of stops along the way, & at one of them, we got to see a couple of wild koalas up in a tree, which was so cool! We also saw lots of beautiful colourful parrots in trees, surfers in the waves, at least one wild kangaroo, a guy up in a motorized sail up in the sky, a lighthouse at Split Point, lookout areas all over Cape Patton, another area we drove through. There are just too many little places to mention but as I said, I've got a ton of new amazing pictures to share with you all once I get home. Along the way, there was also lots of farm land, tons of cows, & some sheep, we also saw a couple of eagles. At one point, we made a stop at a rain forest area for a 20 minute walk through which was just long enough (for me-hah) to be interesting & again, I've got some really cool pictures from in there too.
I have to tell you all something. I absolutely love the smell of salty sea air. There's something so powerful about it, I think it does something almost calming to your senses, between that & the breeze, by the time got back to the city, I'm feeling pretty mellow right now. And between smelling the sea air & watching the waves crashing in the surf, I'd say that today was definitely the best day I've spent here in Melbourne yet, & I still have a week to go.
All the best,
Lisa
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Dear Lisa,
We are having a wonderful time sharing all your experiences not least of which is smelling the sea air. At -23 degrees today, however, it's not quite as aromatic as your air! We look forward to seeing the camera work and hearing more about the great adventure.
Ted and Jennie
hi aunt lisa
WOW! The helicopter ride must have been so much fun!! Seeing all the beautiful ocean and animals sounded great too!!
Glad your having fun and can't wait to hear more/see the pictures when you come back!
MM ox
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