Saturday, September 3, 2011

Great Ocean Road

We busted out of the city on Friday morning and headed south west in Victoria to the Great Ocean Road. Along the way, we stopped at a town called Lorne and Charlie shared his croissant with a Cockatoo and Molly didn't.



They also tried the skate park without skateboards. It was all in good fun until the concrete ripped right through Molly's self proclaimed favorite pants. I'm talking gaping hole! Oops. I'm not sure Lands' End will replace them under these circumstances.

The guide book suggested stopping on the drive at a town called Kennett River to look for Koalas on the Grey River Road. I guess that's why we've lugged the Lonely Planet across the continents - we definitely saw koalas (Mike, the hunting dad, was best eyes).
AND, wow did we get our $2 worth of fun from the bird seed at the local Koala Cafe (the only business in town except for a caravan park). Mike and I both agree that this might be the thing the kids remember most from the whole trip. If you've ever paid the $1 at the Potter Park zoo for the bird seed on a stick - this is a whole other ball game!

Warning, if have have a "thing" about birds, you might want to spend your 30 seconds elsewhere...

2 comments:

Amy said...

FANTASTIC!

S2K said...

I wonder if this is the same place we went to when I was in Australia in 6th grade. Your kids seemed MUCH happier about the birds on their heads than I did however!