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From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍

Publicēts: 10.10.2017

From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
Port Fairy
Port Fairy
Port Fairy
Port Fairy
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
Port Fairy
Port Fairy
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍
From the Great Ocean Road, magnificent nature... and venomous snakes🐍





Portland is a nice little town on the south coast where you can watch whales at certain times.

Portland


Portland



We also made a short visit to Port Fairy with Battery Hill, but after a walk on the beach, the lovely little harbor, and through the center, we felt like we didn't miss anything here;).


...playing dogs on the beach - pure joy!

Port Fairy


Port Fairy


Port Fairy

The next bigger city was Warrnambool, just like Portland, it was originally founded by whalers and fishermen.







After that, we finally reached the Great Ocean Road! What awaits you is simply incredibly beautiful!!

The special shape of the various needle rock formations, which are constantly changing due to the strong surf and erosion, is truly breathtaking! So from the most famous rock group, the Twelve Apostles, only 7 are visible now (although there have never been really 12).

Between Princetown and Cape Otway, there are about 200 shipwrecks on the seabed, which is why this stretch is also called the 'Shipwreck Coast'. Countless tragedies have taken place here because, due to the gold rush of the early 18th century, many hopeful people from Europe, America, and China made their way here in an extremely adventurous and dangerous way, hoping to start a better life here. Unfortunately, many of them lost their lives.




The so-called London Bridge originally had contact with the mainland until a 70m high cliff collapsed in 1990.










Below are the Twelve Apostles...

Just before reaching Cape Otway, you pass through an area with countless dead trees. Quite surprising after the lush greenery of the rest of the region in the south. We learned that this has very complex causes, such as the absence of bush fires and changes in soil composition, but also the excessive presence of leaf-eating animals. Various measures have already been taken here to regenerate and protect the tree population, including relocating koalas.

In Cape Otway, we stayed in a caravan park, surrounded by a (healthy) eucalyptus forest where colorful birds and koalas feel very at home.

These cute little creatures are just adorable... with their huge appetite for eucalyptus leaves, which unfortunately also poses a problem at times...



The area there is truly picturesque and naturally invites you to explore it in more detail.


Completely captivated by the beauty of the landscape and the chirping, I strolled along with my eyes turned upwards, my attention completely focused on discovering more birds and koalas. That almost got me into trouble! I almost stepped on a 1.5-meter long venomous tiger snake that was fortunately very relaxed and lying in the grass, warming up in the sun. In all the past weeks, I had always been aware that a certain attention and caution are definitely necessary when moving around in nature here. Only in that moment, for some reason, I wasn't...


Peter, who was walking behind me, was the one who drew my attention to the fact that I had just narrowly missed stepping on it. But I definitely learned my lesson ;)!
Shortly afterwards, we met a local couple, to whom I immediately reported the encounter with the snake. The Australians, however, seem to approach this completely pragmatically and only commented that although all snakes here are venomous, they are not aggressive in themselves, so they would only bite if provoked or accidentally stepped on.


Apollo Bay is a place where surfers also like to hang out.



We even spotted mature ;) gentlemen surfing, how nice that this sport apparently keeps you fit!



Here we had delicious fish and chips in a very nice restaurant. Our walks were limited to shorter distances, especially along the coast, as the weather was quite cool and very rainy.




Lorne is also one of the popular surfer hotspots.



You can see cool VW buses here very often





On the beach, people play, surf, relax... and get married;)

As part of an exhibition at the visitor center, we learned that the Great Ocean Road was built by World War I veterans under the most difficult conditions due to steep cliffs and exposed to harsh weather. It was very touching to read about how these men, mostly already physically and mentally scarred, mastered this challenge with enthusiasm, full physical effort, but very modest technical means. Naturally, it took time. The road was ultimately opened in 1932. Unfortunately, many of the energetic men died during the construction.



Today, the Great Ocean Road is an absolute tourist attraction with its spectacular views. Hardly anyone, I think, knows the interesting and impressive story of its creation.




Erskine Falls





We decided to modify our original travel plan and therefore booked a ferry from Melbourne to Devonport after clarifying it with our car rental. So now we have a whole 2 weeks to get to know Tasmania a little. I'm really looking forward to maybe seeing a Tasmanian devil in the wild...








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Erich
Ich weiß du bist sehr spontan, deshalb habe ich am "Hochzeitsstrandbild " zwei Mal geguckt. ;-). Hätte ja sein können. Von Melbourne bis Devonport sind fast 500km. Wie lang seid ihr da unterwegs? Und wie lange bleibt ihr in Tasmanien. lg Erich

Marion
Hallo lieber Erich! Mit der Fähre dauert es 11,5 Stunden. Hatten eine Nachtfahrt gebucht mit Schlafsitzen...recht bequem und Zeit somit schnell vergangen.Für Leute, die nicht so wie Peter in jeder Position und an jedem Ort sofort gut und tief schlafen können, gibts aber an Bord jede Menge an alternativen Möglichkeiten: Bar, Restaurant, Ķino, Spielezimmer mit Automaten, Leseraum... Für jeden was dabei. Wir werden zwei Wochen in Tasmanien verbringen. LG

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