London Bridge

Up early to get on the bus at 6:45, and then get out of the city. There are only seven of us, plus our Aussie driver: an older German couple, a young Dutch couple, a Swiss woman, an English woman, and myself. The plan for today was to see the Great Ocean Road, known as one of the most scenic ocean drives in the world. Scenic it was, and the places we stopped were quite spectacular with sheer cliffs and crashing waves. We saw London Bridge, an arched rock formation off the shore, Loch Ard Grotto, site of a famous shipwreck, and the 12 Apostles, a formation of 14 (go figure) rocks off the shore. We came back later to watch the sun set over the seven Apostles we could see, which was quite dramatic. However, the highlight of the day came when we hung around in the freezing cold to watch the penguins come in for the night. We were high on a cliff, so they looked like ants waddling across the beach. There were so many of them, though, so it was pretty neat. That night we stayed in a cabin we had to ourselves on the beach.