RE: Sandy Beach, Elliot River: Big Ocean, Secluded Beaches, and Sublime Forest - What's Not to Love?
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Don´t show me these photos...I miss that country so hard. I´ll never forget Apollo Bay. We´ve spent the hottest day there we´ve ever experienced in Australia, with way over 40 degree the whole day.
There is a nice overnight place in the hinterland with a walk down to a beautiful waterfall, can´t remember the name.
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There's quite a few waterfalls in the Otways - all very beautiful. I bet you do miss it here. I just posted on Instagram about a very hot day we had down there!
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The first time we drove Buttercup on the Great Ocean Road, it wasn't a drive we planned. She hasn't been totally restored yet and was not the easiest drive. We were staying down past Warnambool and the day before had been over 40 degree heat with wind speeds that would cause fires to take off across the state. The winds were so mental Jamie had to take the tent down in the middle of the night, park in the lee of some bushes and we slept uncomfortably on the bare metal of the back of landy as she wasn't kitted out as a camper yet.
Due to hellish winds and scorching heat, all inland roads - easy and straight - were closed because of the fires. Trees were down and people were fighting to save their houses. One of us was dreadfully hungover, and we had to drive on a very winding road with frightening drops to the ocean. There were huge branches and leaves all over the roads and the wind was buffeting our sides like you wouldn't believe. Honestly crazy stuff - you couldn't pick a worse time to be out let alone on the GOR.
We high fived each other when we reached Lorne, and breathed a sigh of relief. Buttercup had made it and we were ALIVE.
I miss it a lot, yes.
Sounds like it was during these bad bushfires on the GOR? Can´t remember what year it was.
Near Sydney we once made the experience that temperatures where rising during the night up to above 30. That was strange, never had something like that before.