The wintery winds and rain have definitely swept across the state in the last week, making us want to stay inside and eat stodgy food. But that would drive us stir crazy - so off we went for a drive down to Apollo Bay, on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia - about an hour an half from where I live. We decided to drive down Wild Dog Road, which is this narrow, winding road that winds it's way down to the coast - not for the faint of heart, especially given the wind that was dropping bark from the trees and trees from the embankments. Long rivulets of water were rushing downhill, ripping up the road. We agreed without maintenance, this road would be overrun by the forest soon enough.

The views from the road were just gorgeous - misted valleys full of gum trees, dark pine forests barely holding onto rocky ravines, tree ferns, houses smoking with winter fires. I'd love a property down here, but it's a bit remote and a bit expensive! Our walk, however, was a little bit further along from Apollo Bay back towards Torquay, a place called Carisbook Falls. Given the rain, we thought it might be flowing - it's waterfall country around here but in summer they slow to a trickle.

The path winds up for about ten minutes, where you can hear the falls and see the stream in the valley below. Excuse the sideways picture.

This photo probably doesn't do it justice - I was super annoyed as I'd left the SD card home for the good camera, and I'd promised Dad I'd take some good shots. I was instead reduced to my phone. I do like the overhanging red of the flowering she-oak and you do get a sense of the waterfall gushing behind it.

Walking back, one of the days many rainbows showed off over the sea. It was a day of rainbows. We headed back to Apollo Bay for lunch and then a wet walk along the beach, rugged up with scarves and hats.

We did spy a whale with Jamie's binoculars - it's whale season on the coast so if you keep an eye out you can be lucky! Sadly I didn't have my zoom lens (and as I said, I was sans SD card) but I wanted to share a shot or two of the whales I managed to JUST capture last week when we were on our road trip! Now is a good opportunity as any - who knows, it could be the same way we saw on our walk anyway! They aren't the best photos - it's amazing I managed to get them at all with the zoom as they were a way off - but hey, it's P.O.W - proof of whale!!

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