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The Great Ocean Road is the stretch of highway to the west of Melbourne, in the direction of Adelaide that hugs the coastline and has some spectacular scenery. We took ourselves off in our little Toyota Corolla hire car and had a very leisurely drive along all the tourist hot spots.  We passed many beautiful and deserted beaches, cute seaside villages and magnificent cliff top views.  We even saw our first wild Koala sleeping lazily in a tree and the lighthouse where ‘Round The Twist‘ was filmed!

We stayed overnight in the Paradise B&B and it really lived up to it’s name.  The self-contained cottage was perched over a idyllic duck pond in beautiful grounds in the Otway Ranges.  It was surrounded by hills and trees full of singing kookaburras by day and glow worms at night which made it look like fairy lights had been draped everywhere.  We found it very hard to drag ourselves away from the view, jacuzzi hot-tub, sumptuous bed and home cooked bread for breakfast.

The remaining part of the drive took us to the 12 apostles, and London Bridge, all eroded coastline formations that stood majestically amongst the crashing surf.  It was a fantastic weekend away and another of my trip highlights!