Week 9: Twelve Apostles, koalas and another tiger snake!

We finally decided to move on a see the Otways NP after staying in Bridgewater for near over a week. Bendigo (30km out of Bridgewater) is a city I would love to live in. The first night we stayed on the shore of Lake Colac which was cold and windy.
We then made our way to the Otways NP and stayed at a beachside camp site in Joanna. We checked our the koalas, the Twelve Apostles and parts of the Great Ocean Rd. The koalas are amazing but its a shame there are idiots out there that try to shake the trees and annoy them.
We also saw another tiger snake! This time we were walking back towards the carpark at the Twelve Apostles and we saw a mum tell her unsettled son "look there's a little snake!". I think she was hoping that the snake would help settle him.... but we too decided to take a look and it was a little tiger snake coiled on some long grass. I don't think she realised the danger until I said matter of fact-ly, "that's a highly poisonous tiger snake". She was quiet for a moment before she decided to step back.

Km Traveled: 7968 (near time for an oil change...); since last week: about 900km!

Places this week: Bridgewater, Bendigo, Colac, Otways NP, Joanna, Melbourne (again)

Highlights: Triplet Falls, Twelve Apostles and the area, the Round the Twist light tower, Great Ocean Rd drive, koalas at the Otways NP

Low-lights: a great week overall but the weather threatened on most days and we were lucky enough to escape rain each time we packed up.

Road kill count: zero!
Fish caught count: the "big" surprise that Krystal mentioned on an earlier post isn't so big a surprise but we finally caught a fish. Albeit, a big carp that only Malcolm Douglas would eat.

Sunset at Joanna Beach

On the shoreline at Gibson Steps, just 1km from the Twelve Apostles

A sleepy koala!