We'd planned to head to Adelaide via Grampians National Park, after reaching the end of the Great Ocean Road, but altered our route due to bush fires in part of the park and the surrounding area. We spent a lot of in-the-car time, making up for the day we spent going to Phillip Island.
Parts of the second half of the Great Ocean Road are inland a bit, so aren't quite as beautiful as what we saw yesterday. On the coast, we stopped at the 12 Apostles, London Bridge, and at Loch Ard Gorge - named for the ship that sank there. The Gorge was pretty spectacular.
The best part of the day was a stop at Tower Hill, a caldera that is now home to many animals. It's an area managed by Aboriginal people and is left mostly in it's natural state, with the exception of a small visitors center. We took a walk around the lake which is pretty dry. It was just Randy, me, the koalas, emus, and other birds.. Wonderful!
There's a completely different terrain out here. Flat, dry, few trees, with cattle and sheep. It looks like parts of Texas.
We're staying in the town of Mount Gambier, which has a sink hole cave in the center of town. This was the town's water supply when it was first settled by Europeans. Now it has a garden around it and colored lighting at night. There's also a very blue lake (so we're told, but we haven't seen it yet). The guy at the motel was great, telling us about all the town's special things and about different routes to Adelaide. Quite a character!
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