Onwards to Bellarine



Simply stunning a sunrise over Apollo Bay

After a wet and windy night we’re up early this morning, before sunrise in fact. We’re rewarded with a beautiful sunrise over the ocean. It’s a fairly short drive today to the Bellarine Peninsular so there’s no rush to leave early, we enjoy a chat with the Melbourne couple next to us. They tell us about local areas we should stop at on the way.

 

 

 

Suitably informed we turn onto The Great Ocean Road but the weather is decidedly unsettled and it’s not long before the rain starts accompanied by lightening. As we drive slowly along admiring the costal views, which are spectacular even through the rain, we discuss yesterday’s “diesel incident”. We decide it must have been Dave’s Aunty Glad looking after us so the motorhome is now called Glad. As we turn another corner, “Glad” lets us know she’s definitely around, as the engine light puts in an appearance on the dashboard and Dave has limited power and it appears only one gear. We limp into the next town with a long impatient queue behind us. I’m envisaging a long wait for a mechanic as Dave phones the help line. A very helpful lady asks us are we currently parked with the engine off?  yes we are - good, lock and unlock the doors with the remote key 3 times. We look at each other, she’s having a laugh with us pommies isn’t she? Obediently we obey the instructions and amazingly it rests the engine computer and we’re able to drive away normally. If only all problems were so easily solved!!!

Now, we were told we’d see Kangaroos at Anglesey golf course so we make our way there and sure enough huddled under the trees looking a bit wet and miserable are several Kangaroos but near enough for good photo opportunities. The other piece of information gained from our neighbours was to stop in Torquay for lunch and have a look at the beach. They are right it is a beautiful small town with a lovely esplanade walkway and beach, a perfect stop for lunch. But first a coffee stop at a lovely café, Kobo and they sell the most amazing cakes, so what's wrong with a backwards lunch?  

A meandering outback drive brings us to our next stop on the Bellarine Peninsular. The site is very different from the last one, great expanses of flat land, wide open spaces and great facilities including an indoor heated swimming pool, we might just have to test it out.