Postcards from The Great Ocean Road ~ Joining Becky for May Squares, featuring scenes along Victoria’s iconic Great Ocean Road.
#SquaresRenew ~ moving forward, reconstructing, renewing or burgeoning
The heritage listed Great Ocean Road follows the coast of south-eastern Victoria from Torquay to Allansford for 241 kilometres, past beautiful sandy beaches and bays, through lush rainforests and over rugged limestone cliffs. Built by soldiers returned from World War One between 1919 and 1932, and dedicated to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice, the road is the world’s largest war memorial. Construction of the road provided employment for more than 3,000 returned servicemen, giving them purpose and providing much needed rehabilitation after the horrors of war. The Great Ocean Road linked towns along the coast previously only accessed by sea or tracks through the bush and created a route now acknowledged as one of the most scenic tourist drives in the world.
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Apollo Bay
When it’s time for refreshments after a big day of walking, call into the Great Ocean Road Brewhouse where you can sample the range of Prickly Moses handcrafted beer, locally brewed at the nearby Otway Estate.
I love the Husband day care 😊 🍺 mine would love it.
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I thought that might be a form of renewal for everyone involved! 🙂
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Love it!
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So did Glen! 🙂
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Got that impression from his lovely and very contented looking smile 😀
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Glen looks happy!
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When there’s beer to be had… 🙂
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I would be in there with him wanting to sample the beer. Shopping? Beach? No thank you!
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I’m with you. Shopping I can do any time and it was freezing cold so the beach wouldn’t have been nice. I think I had a hot chocolate while Glen had the beers.
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The Husband Daycare sign is great!
It’s been such a long time since I did the Great Ocean Road.
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It was a bit of fun. And we hadn’t been since 1996 so we really enjoyed this visit.
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Oh that’s one we’re yet to visit and yes my husband would definitely make use of the day care too. 🙂
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Tee hee. We didn’t eat there but the food looked really good. And they had a blazing fire going in the heater which was very welcome.
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You’re ticking all the right boxes for us to visit!!
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If you do go, stay at the caravan park on the beach on the way into town. We stayed at one off the main road and while it was very nice, the sites were tiny, the roads were narrow and it was tricky to get in and out.
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We stayed at the Pisces caravan park last time, that may be the one you recommend. I remember it having a great view of the water.
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Sounds like it.
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The Husband Day Care is hilarious. And I love that it’s the southernmost pub and that you found it!
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We didn’t know it was until we got there – pretty cool. 🙂
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