The Great Ocean Road runs along the coastline of southern Australia between Melbourne and Adelaide. We rented a car and spent a liesurely week driving 1200 kms stopping at almost every beach, lighthouse, lookout and beach town along the way.
Wave constructed of Havaianas flip flops in a Melbourne surf shop.
'Schoolies' on a red lips bench - spilt strawberry gelatto added to the scene.
Torquay Beach - home to Rip Curl and Quicksilver world surfing brands.
Auzzies heading out for the surf .....
..... wipeout !
Bells Beach - home to the annual Rip Curl Pro world surfing championships.
Split Point Lighthouse juts out into the Bass Straight between South Australia and Tasmania.
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo.
Crimson Lorikeet parrot.
Koala bear sleeping in a gum tree.
Australian surfers start young.
Castle Cove.
12 Apostles - 70 meters high - created by relentless waves eroding the base of the limestone cliff.
Port Campbell - population 400 - a natural white sand bay.
Indigo blue seas along the rugged coastline of South Australia.
Wind farms capture clean renewable energy from mother nature.
Cape Bridgewater - 4 km arc of white sand beach and turquoise blue water.
Beachport Jetty built in 1878 - extends out over a kilometer into the water.
Ensete ventricosum [Abyssinian banana] at the Adelaide Botanical Gardens.
Victoria amazonica [Amazon Waterlily] over a meter in diameter .....
..... the intricate structure on the obverse of the waterlily.
Glenelg Beach - a suburb of Adelaide at the west end of our coastal drive.
