The Great Ocean Road - Torquay to Apollo Bay

We left Torquay for the first of three days on this coastal drive.  This day was all about beaches and surfing.  The further we  went the more beautiful, and sometimes famous, beaches were in view.  In addition the coastline was just gorgeous.  The beautiful Southern Sea streteched out to the horizon.  It was humbling to think that the next stop to the South is Antarctica!

We learned that the Great Ocean Road was built after the first world war, providing employment to veterans and also connecting the small settlements along the coast to each other.

En route we stopped to have a picnic lunch and were immediarely surrounded by a flock of yellow crested cockatoos who were very, very interested in our lunch.  One very cheeky bird snatched a piece of my sandwich right out of my hand!

It was ironic really as I had been trying to get close-up pictures of these birds for days but they had always flown away!