Lorne / Great Ocean Road trip

As part of my introduction to Australia I had booked to take part in a 3 day trip to Lorne and then along the Great Ocean Road.

The trip left from the University, and it turned out that my flatmate (and other people I had met during o-week) would also take part in the trip. This was a great bonding activity as we all sat together on the bus. The first stop was the famous "Bells Beach" where we sat and had our lunch. This was absolutely beautiful and was a fantastic place to begin sightseeing in Australia.

 

The next stop was the town of Lorne where we would be staying. We were shown our room (a gorgeous cabin on the hillside)  and then made our way to the beach where we socialised for the evening. We even had a lift back to the chalets from a nice Irish man with a surfer van!

 

This was the view from our balcony. We had an issue with Cockatoos - there were at one point 9 on our balcony!! They proceeded to pick up my towel and swimsuit with their beaks and dropped it over the edge of the balcony! It was really funny.

The next day we had an AFL lesson (which I was terrible at) and a surf lesson (which was great fun). We also had a tour of the bush where we were able to have our first taste of Aussie nature and wildlife. We saw kangaroos and had some fantastic views.

On the final day we travelled back to Melbourne along the great ocean road. We saw some fantastic sites along the way.

 

Above: The twelve apostles and another beach

 

Below: London bridge.