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The Great Ocean Road & Marysville- October 18th-23rd, 2002

After a few days in the mountains, we hit the Great Ocean Road (SW of Melbourne) for a few leisurely days of driving the coastal highway taking in the views. This coast is known for its notorious seas, which have claimed in the past over fifty vessels. The twelve Apostles, which are huge stacks of rock, have been formed after years of the sea eroding the cliffs.
Downtown Melbourne
Downtown Melbourne		 Before coffee and the rain
Before coffee and the rain		 12 Apostles - some of them anyway
12 Apostles - some of them anyway		 Island Archway
Island Archway		 12 Apostles # 2
12 Apostles # 2
Too early in the a.m. for the Japanese tourists
Too early in the a.m. for the Japanese tourists		 Lots of carved out islands from the millions of years of surf & erosion
Lots of carved out islands from the millions of years of surf & erosion		 Huge surf the day we drove through
Huge surf the day we drove through		 2 shipwreck survivors were washed through this passage safely to shore in the late 1880's
2 shipwreck survivors were washed through this passage safely to shore in the late 1880's		 Years of surf and erosion cut a huge hole through this rock
Years of surf and erosion cut a huge hole through this rock
The Shipwreck area, yikes!
The Shipwreck area, yikes!		 The Twelve Apostles - supposedly you can only get a photo of all 12 if you rent a helicopter
The Twelve Apostles - supposedly you can only get a photo of all 12 if you rent a helicopter		 Another angle of the Apostles
Another angle of the Apostles		 Friends on the back patio
Friends on the back patio		 Dave fed them constantly
Dave fed them constantly
Weird rainforest plants
Weird rainforest plants		 M in tall tree
M in tall tree		 D in tall tree
D in tall tree		 Romantic 1st wedding anniversary hideaway in Marysville
Romantic 1st wedding anniversary hideaway in Marysville		 Hmm.. is he going to bite me?
Hmm.. is he going to bite me?
So much for spring weather!
So much for spring weather!		 It was snowing but not sticking to the road
It was snowing but not sticking to the road

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