Koalas at Kennett River
After Erskine Falls and Teddy’s Lookout, on to Kennett River, a tiny place famous for wild koalas. We parked at Kafe Koala & General Store, and the parrots found us first. Crimson rosellas, bright red and blue, landing right next to us.
Then we walked up the road behind the café, staring up into the gum trees. A lot of our photos from this part are just trees. Is that a koala? No, it’s a branch. That one? Also a branch.
And then there it was: a real wild koala, curled up in the fork of a branch, fast asleep. Koalas sleep up to 20 hours a day, so it didn’t care about us at all.
The Road to Apollo Bay
The road after Kennett River is the most dramatic stretch, hugging the cliffs right above the sea.
We reached Apollo Bay in the late afternoon, and went straight for ice cream at Dooley’s.
Then we checked in for the night.
Sunset over Apollo Bay
For sunset, we drove up to Marriners Lookout on the hill above town. The whole bay was below us, the sky went pink and orange.
The sky kept changing colour, so we kept taking photos.
Also enjoying the sunset: a very big dog in the back of a ute.
Dinner was fish and chips from the Apollo Bay Seafood Cafe. Of course.
Tomorrow: Cape Otway and the Twelve Apostles.
Postcard from Great Ocean Road
A tiny spot on the Great Ocean Road that's famous for wild koalas sleeping in the gum trees, and for colourful parrots that hang around the café.
PS: Park at Kafe Koala and walk slowly up the road behind it, looking up into the trees. The koalas are grey balls in the forks of the branches, and easy to miss.