the great ocean road

boxing day denise, my mom and i headed down the great ocean road. we stayed at blue johanna cottages (in johanna). we made really good time going down cuz the traffic we were expecting was non-existant. the weather was a bit on and off (showers, fog in the hills but not cold and not too bad). after we got settled in our suite we went for a walk in the otways out to triplet falls. amazing tree ferns and lots of carnivorous snails. we went looking for koalas and found several up in trees along the side of the road. after we did all that we were driving back and one was walking down the road towards us!! fortunately denise was able to stop safely in time (it was just after a curve) and the car that came down after us didn't hit us either. the koala calmly sauntered off to the side of the road and posed for us there
the next morning we headed down the great ocean road to see the 12 apostles.

(the heap in the foreground is the one that fell down in the last couple years- it was there the last time i saw them).