Great Ocean Road and beyond

We left Melbourne almost a week ago and this is the first time we have found internet access. I must admit we haven't looked really hard...

We left Melbourne and took the Great Ocean Road which heads west along the coast. We enjoyed the drive but I must admit that we have seen A LOT of amazing coastline on this trip in other parts of Australia as well. The highlight of the trip was the 12 apostles. For those Canadians who have been to the Bay of Fundy, they are like the Hopewell Rocks except yellow instead of red and you can't walk down around them. Impressive nonetheless. After the 12 apostles, we headed north and ended up for two nights in the town of Ballarat. I will devote a separate post to Sovereign Hill, the living gold mining museum in Ballarat.

After Ballarat, we continued on the gold trail and stayed overnight in Bendigo. We went for a ride on the Talking Tram and then went down into the Central Deborah Goldmine. This day solved two previous dissapointments for Heather who had felt unjustly deprived of both a tram ride in Melbourne and a gold mine tour in Ballarat. Nice when you can solve all the world's problems for your child within the week, don't you think? Heather had the extra bonus of a little girl with whom she was as thick as thieves for the morning. It was actually hard to drag them apart when the families had to go separate ways. It is nice for her to have some social interaction with kids her own age because that is the one thing she is missing on this trip (besides her cat Domino of course). She has had two lucky encounters with her second cousin Craig on the gold coast and Sohkiak's son Yann in Melbourne. She enjoyed her time with both of those boys immensely.

I have to give up this computer now. Will fill in the rest another day.