Australia + New Zealand

The Goat Ocean Road

The Great Ocean Road is filled with wonders of nature and beyond. Case in point…

Little known fact, fairies live (in great numbers, and in proper communities) in the Otway Forest!
Also found in the Otway forest, amazing feats of physics! This spiral platform starts from the already dizzying height of 25m high!
Miranda defying gravity in the Otway forest!
And of course, the mandatory 12 apostles shot. Wonders indeed!
But there are so many “great” rock features along the GOR.
The Bay of Islands, Australia. Not to be confused with the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, or the Lake of Bays, Ontario.
The wonders don’t cease along the road or in the trees. The skies here are so vibrant and different from home!

But I knew I was somewhere special when going for a morning walk meant running into Pademelons, everywhere. These guys are the cutest creatures ever (Leia, earmuffs!) I want one. 

Every morning these guys are out just to help me start my day. Or perhaps to get food.

And sure, we’ve seen some other cool stuff.

I fed an alpaca. He was soft.
I fed an Emu. He was bity.
I petted goats. Until one of them tried to eat my shirt.
We saw multiple light hice on dramatic backgrounds.
We even caught a local hero in vital, life-saving-action #heimlich

But come on.

Literally the cutest thing, ever.

So that’s the Great Ocean Road. Rocky cliffs, Pademelons, and everything else! Miranda already posted about our hiking day in the Grampians… next stop, Tasmania!