Great Ocean Road - Tim goes solo
Whilst Nic went home to Perth to meet her new nephew – the enchanting Ishan – Tim and Elsie continued the adventure (the camper-trailer having a rest in a yard north of Melbourne). After kissing Nic onto the plane at Tullarmarine we barrelled down the highway past Geelong to the little towns guarding the entrance to Port Phillip Bay.
Camp that night was at the welcoming Barwon Heads – where a tidal river meets the ocean behind a sheltering headland. After overnight rain, the next morning the hunt was on – SURF! Conditions were fair but the swell was down, and after cruising the coast, catching a few waves at Winkipop (adjacent to Bells Beach) was a good feeling for somebody who’d been out of the water far too long!
Following another night at Barwon Heads, conditions for surfing were perfect but the swell even smaller! The hot tip was 13th Beach – a Saturday crowded but fun beachbreak as seen in the TV series ‘Sea Change’!
Along the twisty turning road that hugs the coast – the Great Ocean Road – to overnight just south of Apollo Bay in a very squeezy clifftop caravan park.
The next day after checking out Johana Beach – out of control onshore – it was inland for a reacquaintance with rainforest in the Cape Otway NP. Aah, nothing like the smell of moist decay and the filtered light through tree ferns and towering trees. Chuck in a waterfall and it’s heaven on a stick!
Back down to the coast – if the wind is coming this way but there’s swell building then a point on this side combined with a low tide should should do the trick? And it did!! Just a dozen or so locals and a nice right hander that got hollower as the tide retreated.
Camp that night was at the welcoming Barwon Heads – where a tidal river meets the ocean behind a sheltering headland. After overnight rain, the next morning the hunt was on – SURF! Conditions were fair but the swell was down, and after cruising the coast, catching a few waves at Winkipop (adjacent to Bells Beach) was a good feeling for somebody who’d been out of the water far too long!
Following another night at Barwon Heads, conditions for surfing were perfect but the swell even smaller! The hot tip was 13th Beach – a Saturday crowded but fun beachbreak as seen in the TV series ‘Sea Change’!
Along the twisty turning road that hugs the coast – the Great Ocean Road – to overnight just south of Apollo Bay in a very squeezy clifftop caravan park.
The next day after checking out Johana Beach – out of control onshore – it was inland for a reacquaintance with rainforest in the Cape Otway NP. Aah, nothing like the smell of moist decay and the filtered light through tree ferns and towering trees. Chuck in a waterfall and it’s heaven on a stick!
Back down to the coast – if the wind is coming this way but there’s swell building then a point on this side combined with a low tide should should do the trick? And it did!! Just a dozen or so locals and a nice right hander that got hollower as the tide retreated.
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