Iconic Victoria

We had heard about this thing called free camping but wasnt sure it sounded safe or legit since it is illegal to stop and sleep in certain places like carparks hehe. Having had our night of luxury we headed off to find a free camp in the National Parks of Lorne. We were so lucky to find one that only had 8 sites and was high up a path in the middle of nowhere. It was fantastic (no electricity or toilets there but some a few kms down the road) so beautiful, so we set up for our first night sleeping in the back of our car. Seats down matresses placed car light on we realised we could not fully stretch our legs but we would be warm enough and it was an experience. Drank some wine watched a movie and slept ok considering the small conditions :) This is James reluctant to get up the following morning and the view from the car!







 First car camping experience taught us some seroius lessons! Buy a camp stove and take your own food, long drops are worse than going for the room with a view and park before sunset if you want a spot!

The next day we had the most fantastic variation in things to do we went to a waterfall, a light house, on a forest walk and a hike down onto a beach. This didnt even including the time spent parked on the side of the road watching koalas in the wild which was really awesome! Here some photos:

We spent that night in another free camp in Cape Otway National Park with that view down to the beach we walked to just meters from our car.
The next day was the big one when we were off to see the most photographed landscape in Victoria the 12 apostles. Turns out 12 is a bit ambitious and there are really only a few, the debate is whether there were ever 12 but we know at least one has been claimed back by the sea in recent years. So we added to the millions and took our photos oohed and aahed and fought through the long weekend crowds but it was worth it :)

I love having the blog as a reference to look back on our travels which was a bonus to its main cause of keeping family and friends up to date with the stuff we up to. Unfortunately it doesnt quite work as well as an email in making people reply with their news and we have no idea what you all are up to :( Please post comments on my blog if  you reading it so I know if its worth carrying on :) We miss you!