Feb 20, 2013 - Farmleben, mal wieder Melbourne und ein bisschen Lorne

01.02. Mein Zug verliess Melbourne um 13.oo Uhr. ca 2h später kam ich in Birregurra an. Von dort waren es noch ca 20 Min zur Farm. ich musste das Zugticket vorab mit einer Platzreservierung kaufen (ohne wird kein Zugticket ausgestellt). Ich hatte 3 Züge am Tag insgesamt zur Auswahl. Beim Stop zuvor wurde der Halt ca 10 Min vorab angesagt. Nicht so, wo ich aussteigen musste. wir waren praktisch schon im Bhf. ich habe noch nie einen Zug so schnell verlassen. mit meinem Gepäck dachte ich wirklich, dass ich es nicht mehr rechtzeitig schaffe...

Nov 30, 2012 - Lorne & Great Otway Natl. Park - Day Trip

Our coast drive was fantastic! First (and only) time we've seen koala bears in the wild! Great picnic lunch by the ocean and hikes in the forest! Land Yabby, Otway Black Snail, Maar people in Great Otway N.P. and Maits Rest. Myrtle Beech - Nothofagus cunninghamii, fantastic trees!

Aug 27, 2011 - Warrnambool to Lorne

Thursday – On our way to Lorne, we stopped at Timboon to visit The Timboon Railway Shed Distillery. An abundance of local produce is offered for tastings and sale to take home at the Distillery. From delicious handmade Belgian style chocolates to award winning cheeses along with whisky. I couldn't help myself & tried all the samples, Jim was so good & didn't try any. There were some yummy stuff. We also stopped at Loch Ard Gorge. The gorge is named after the clipper ship Loch Ard, which ran aground on nearby Muttonbird Island on the 1st of...

Feb 4, 2009 - Lorne - The Great Ocean Road

We arrived back to Melbourne only to find that Amy's mosquito bites (from our day at Freycinet) had got worse and looked terrible....we took her to a doctor at Melbourne airport, who prescribed her tablets to reduce the inflamation. As Jim and Amy only had one day left and as they had already seen Melbourne, we decided to pick up our hire car and drive them to one of the first towns along the Great Ocean Road. We drove for about an hour and a half and arrived at Lorne, a pretty seaside town with a beautiful stretch of beach. We made the...

Feb 1, 2009 - Erskine Falls and Teddy's Lookout.

We slept in and then had bacon and egg burgers for breakfast. It had rained during the night so we were to have a cool day... We drove to Erskine Falls with Patrick forwarning us that there may be no water there due to the drought and hot weather. But we still wanted to see it and drove the 10kms in fog and mist. It was a very pretty drive with the tall trees and ferns and a wallaby nibbling by the side of the road. We walked down to the base of the falls and took photos and did the tourist thing ....Liam sying a couple that had climbed the...

Jan 31, 2009 - Patrick and Josh join us

Today I had to take Sara and Miranda for a walk in the morning into town to have breakfast whilst Sean and the older two did diaries and maths!!! We had breakfast at cafe Kaos, Sara liked the name as it is from Get Smart!!! Whilst there met a Pharmacist who owns two pharmacies in Altona, near the West Gate Bridge, where the four year old girl was thrown into the river by her dad. We had a great chat re pharmacy and the perils of partnerships!!! We returned to find homework still being done and Patrick had not arrived which is all that could...

Jan 30, 2009 - I finally go into the water!!!

We did not want to do too much today as the temperature was to be over 42. After visiting the information centre we decided to go to Gentle Annies Berry Farm. Gentle Annies is a term for a hill not a name of someone...we learnt this today. We arrived at the berry farm to be told that most of the berries had been burnt but there may be some low in the bushes and under the leaves. So we ventured out to do some picking. It was so sad to see so much fruit destroyed by the heat. The owner informed us that he lost a few thousand dollars in...

Jan 29, 2009 - The Great Ocean Road....Lorne for 4 Days

We got up early and the bugs seemed to have disappeared but were really hiding as we later discovered over the next few days!!! We stopped to view the first sights but found the heat oppressive and the wind horrid, so decided to stay in the cool comforts of airconditioned car rather than venture out into 42+ degrees. We did stop and walk to see the twelve apostles but quickly walked back after takeing two photos!!! We stopped for lunch in Apollo Bay and had lunch in "The Deli" it was very swish but the airconditioning was struggling!! We...

Apr 15, 2008 - Lovely Lorne

Hi everyone, We have had a busy day. We are staying in a house over looking the ocean It has enough room for us all ..2 queen beds and a room with twin beds for the boys. We started off the day by walking down to the beach. What a wonderful beach it is. It is full of rocks in this part of the beach. Sandstone that has been worn and into wonderful shapes and textures by the sea. I had a great time taking pictures. I could have taken hundreds....almost did. We recommend the Great Ocean Road to anyone.. After lunch we went to Erkskine Falls...

Apr 13, 2008 - Bimni Camp

After our drive down from Portland along the ocean road stayed at a caravan park the next night. Bimni Park....close to Otway. A very pretty place. It advertises itself as camping under the Koalas. This is true..we woke up and Bob and I went on a short bush walk. We saw at least 3 Koalas high up in the trees..one even looked down at us. It was a very pleasant walk. The sounds of the kookaburra bird,rosellas,magpies,blue wrens,robins and carolling shrike-thrush .. sang to us on our walk. No Worries Judy and Bob

Feb 24, 2008 - זהו- מתאפסים על עצמנו באוסטרליה

סופשבוע ראשון באוסטרליה המורכב מיומיים שונים בתכלית השינוי. אתמול עוד בילינו יום חביב במלבורן והיום ניתן לומר שהתחלנו את הטיול האמיתי שלנו. איכשהוא יוצא שבהרגשה, טיול, זה משהו שקשור בטבע, במראות שלו, בעוצמות שלו ברגשות שהוא מעורר. עיר, זה משהו שהוא יותר מוכר, גם אם הוא במקום אחר בעולם. ובכן, מסתבר שמזג האויר ההפכפך מאפיין לא רק את ניו זילנד אלא גם את אוסטרליה. הבוקר של שבת היה ממש קריר, ואחרי שהכנתי תיק, בו ארזתי את כל הבגדים החמים שלנו, התחלתי להתחרט על מעשי. אז למרות שהאפרוריות לא עודדה, נסענו, לסנט קילדה שהוא האזור הדרומי של מלבורן השוכן...

Feb 20, 2008 - Beach Orientation

Soooo.... I just spent the past three days on the beach! I did some yoga, tried some new food, and made a few friends. The scenery was AMAZING! It was fabulous. I haven't gotten the hang of the Aussie sandwich yet. I've had two, and each were equally interesting. 1). Turkey, carrots, cucumber, butter, avacado. 2). Roast beef, cheese, butter, beets, lettuce, and tomato. YUCK. Real orientation tomorrow- get my ID card and sign up for classes!!! So stoked!