And a Happy St. Patrick's Day to you all! Here we are in lovely Apollo Bay, a little seaside resort town on the southern coast.
Before leaving Mt. Gambier, we took a trip up to see the Blue Lake. Even with the overcast sky, it was quite a breathtaking blue. I would love to see it on a sunny day. Apparently, it goes gray in the winter months and changes to its spectacular blue over the course of a few days each November. The blue lasts until late March when it starts fading back to gray, so perhaps we are catching it as it's starting to fade. At any rate, it's still quite a sight.
After leaving Mt. Gambier we drove south east towards the coast. After a couple of hours or so, we reached Port Fairy, where we stopped for a light lunch at the local bakery. The bakeries down here do a wide selection of individual savoury pies, like steak & potato, chicken & leek, shepherd's pie, pasties, etc. Colin had a chicken & leek pie and I had a chicken curry. Both were very tasty, and with a cup of tea, just enough.
We left Port Fairy and headed down the highway where we eventually picked up the Great Ocean Road. There wasn't much to see in the way of ocean until we hit the little village of Peterborough where the road actually started running along the actual coast. Most of the time it was difficult to see the actual ocean as the landscape is covered with brush and the road runs along the top of a cliff. Every so often there are parking areas with walkways that take you down to the cliff edge and sometimes even down the cliff.
The first spot we stopped at is called the Grotto, for obvious reasons.
The next stop is called The Twelve Apostles, again, for obvious reasons. This is one of the main attractions in the area and has the parking lot to prove it! 
Mindful of the time, we continued on our way towards Apollo Bay. The Great Ocean Road turns inland soon after The Twelve Apostles and heads into the Otway National Forest, so the landscape changes drastically. Densely forested and very hilly, The Great Ocean Road twists and winds its way up and down the hills of the Otway National Forest. It's a great drive and Colin thoroughly enjoyed driving like James Bond.
Tomorrow,i t's on to Melbourne.
