The Otway Ranges and Otway Forest are part of the Great Ocean Road on a promontory that connects the "surfers' coast" from Melbourne to Apollo Bay with the "cliff coast" from Johanna beach to Port Campbell and further on to Adelaide. As the road retreats back from the coast on this part to enter the Great Otway National Park and Otway Forest Park, most tourists just seem to travel through without stopping, on their way back to the coast and the "Apostles".
We spent two nights in a cabin in the forest - a unique experience. It felt out of the world, very remote although only three hours from Melbourne, no wifi, no telephone, but winding roads through rain forest full of bird song, water falls, koalas, wallabies and an otherwordly flora. And very very dark at night.
We spent two nights in a cabin in the forest - a unique experience. It felt out of the world, very remote although only three hours from Melbourne, no wifi, no telephone, but winding roads through rain forest full of bird song, water falls, koalas, wallabies and an otherwordly flora. And very very dark at night.
Tree ferns in the rain forest
Hopetoun waterfall
A rare shop-café-gas station in Lavers Hill, where campers and other bleary-eyed tourists from the self-catering accommodations from the close and not-so-close vicinity gather in the mornings for some coffee and pastries. The Great Ocean Road unfortunately has a severe shortage of good hotels and restaurants.
On the Otway peninsula forest fires have destroyed this forest of
gum trees to give these picturesque evening silhouettes against the setting sun.
Otway lighthouse in the distance
White-throated gerygone
Crimson Rosella
Superb blue fairy-wren
Kookaburra
a wallaby
Sleeping koala
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