Tuesday 6th February 2018
It was a bright sunny morning and temperatures were just great 24 degrees – that’s the right temperature to go exploring the Limestone Coastline and heading into the Great Ocean Road. Our cottage at The Barn is very pleasant and our breakfast – we just made it on time – was also healthy and good, so the start of our day was perfect!
We had packed our gear and were ready to leave by 10 a.m. It was going to be a good travelling day along the last part of the Limestone Coastline of South Australia and entering the Great Ocean Road in the State of Victoria – with a time difference of half an hour. The state of Victoria is 30 minutes earlier than the state of South Australia!!
Our final destination point for today was Warrnambool where we would be staying at a B&B, however the trip would be along the coastline so it took longer than anticipated and anyway it was a sightseeing trip starting off with our first stop in Port MacDonnell, then onto Nelson and finally to Cape Bridgewater before crossing borders into the state of Victoria.
Nelson is a pretty quiet village which lies at the mouth of Glenelg River and it is here we spotted the beautiful lone pelican who stood first on the side of the ramp and then decided to go fishing….. Then after three quarters of an hour we arrived at Cape Bridgewater – according to the receptionist at The Barn, we were not to miss visiting this stunning little village. What was interesting to see here was of course the petrified forest and the blow holes – well the petrified forest is not really a tree forest but due to the rock formation, it looks like stumps cut down to different sizes. At Cape Nelson, we visited the lighthouse which dates back to the 1880’s and has witnessed many dramas on the seas. The white and red tower and the long stone wall are the features that give the Cape Nelson Lighthouse a whole character of its own and interesting enough, we found out that you can make reservations to stay over at the lighthouse master’s quarters – well that is if you are planning to go hiking in the vicinities.
