Day 2 The Great Ocean Road

We started out early in the morning leaving Apollo Bay under an overcast sky and light drizzle. Our first stop was Otway Lighthouse.

 Perched 80 metres high up on a cliff this lighthouse has been in operation since 1848.
Along side the lighthouse is a telegraph house and WWII radar bunker.
For thousands of immigrants, Cape Otway was their first sight of land after leaving Europe or North America after many months at sea.

A very animated individual greeted us at the top. Originally the lighthouse beacon was fueled by copious amounts of whale oil.....one whale a day he jokingly added.

The decent was narrow and steep. Back into the car and we continued on to Otway National Park for our zipline adventure but a rain soaked koala had travellers stoped in both directions.

Here is map so you can follow our route.

 The Otway fly and treetop walk was one adventure we were all up for except Peter. It took some reasuring but he agreed to join us.

In this picture we are 30m high above the rainforest floor. We had just crossed a suspension bridge that you can see just behind Arlene's head.

Arlene was the daredevil of the bunch. Here she is suspended in the canopy. We are waiting at the next cloud station off in the distance.

 The skywalk zigzaged through the rainforest and the views were breathtaking.

These ferns are over 6 ft in height and have a 10 ft diameter.

We could hear them but they were difficult to spot.

Creepy bug up close and personnel.

A land before time...it was like walking onto a set of Jurasic park!

Only a face it's mother could love.

Paperbark trees as straight as telephone poles.

For a look at our zipline adventure check out http://www.otwayflytreetopadventures.com.au/ it was a great fun and Peter overcame his fear of heights. Tomorrow we are back on the road to Port Fairy and antique shopping!