Great Ocean Road 2006 Photo Gallery by Bill Robinson at pbase.com

Great Ocean Road 2006

Work sent me to Melbourne for 2 weeks in March of 2006.
On the free Saturday I headed off before day break along the Great Ocean Road bound for Pt Campbell.
It was near enough to a 600km round trip in a day and what a road it is !
Managed to catch a sunrise at Geelong and some lovely early morning light at both Torquay and Bells Beach.
The road then meanders along a beautiful coastline.
There are plenty of parking bays that allow long looks at some spectaular scenery.
Made it to the 12 Apostles (only 6 or seven left these days) just before midday.
The pillars and arches that do remain are an incredible sight and worth seeing anytime of day.
What made it an even more amazing experience was watching as an ocean fog rolled in of Bass Strait and completely enveloped the coast.
I made for Pt Campbell, bought lunch and began the trip back to Melbourne.
Some 100km down the road I finally drove through the fog just south of Lorne.
Spit Water was a little way along and made a good place to appreciate what a phenomena an ocean fog is.
I have it in mind to make a return visit and next time, take more than just the one day !
cheers
Bill

Razorback variation	Geelong Sunrise.jpg	Geelong Sunrise5.jpg	Geelong Sunrise2.jpg	Geelong Sunrise3.jpg
Torquay.jpg	Torquay4.jpg	Torquay9.jpg	Morning Walk Torquay Victoria Australia.jpg	Torquay Boardwalk Victoria Australia.jpg
Torquay Early Morning Walk.jpg	Torquay11.jpg	Early Morning Torquay Victoria Australia.jpg	Torquay10.jpg	Bells Beach Victoria Australia3.jpg
Bells Beach Victoria Australia4.jpg	Bells Beach Victoria Australia2.jpg	Bells Beach Victoria Australia5.jpg	Great Ocean Road Paddle Boats.jpg	Great Ocean Road Victoria Australia2.jpg
Great Ocean Road Victoria Australia3.jpg	Great Ocean Road Victoria Australia4.jpg	12 Apostles Great Ocean Road Victoria Australia3.jpg	12 Apostles Great Ocean Road Victoria Australia2.jpg	Loch Ard Gorge2.jpg
Loch Ard Gorge Swallows.jpg	The Arch2.jpg	Great Ocean Road Victoria Australia5.jpg	Great Ocean Road Victoria Australia6.jpg	Spit Water Great Ocean Road.jpg
Spit Water Lighthouse Great Ocean Road.jpg	Great Ocean Road Victoria Australia7_b.jpg	Spit Water.jpg	Twelve Apostles.jpg	Gibson's Beach
The (not quite) Twelve Apostles	Razorback	Gibson's Beach Sunset

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endre novak	PM reply	22-Mar-2012 21:56
Beautiful views. A great gallery! V

Luis Sainz de Rozas	PM reply	26-Jan-2010 23:48
Great, great gallery.

laine82	PM reply	09-Jun-2008 19:47
Just watched an Australian Geographic DVD on the G.O.R with Sorrel Wilby I know you would like it...the walking track looks fantastic.

Stuart JR	PM reply	07-Mar-2008 11:46
Some great captures here of a stunning area - nice work Bill!

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