Water Weekends
The past weekends have been great fun. Deciding to make use of the last few beautiful days - yes it is slowly becoming autumn here - me and a group of friends headed for the beach on Saturday (four(?) weeks ago). We called upon an Aussie friend with a car and we were off. Music loud, and 2 hours of highway ahead… it felt like a road trip. Torquay beach was amazingly beautiful, the best beach I’ve seen so far in Australia. A bit of relaxation, juggling, reading, jumping in the waves, sleeping, eating… I love the beach.
On Sunday it was diving time - finally! Location: Phillip Island, located at the southern end of Port Phillip Bay, the bay on which Melbourne is located as well. The island is a bit of a tourist attraction because of its penguin colonies who roam the shores at dusk. The water was cold and rather choppy, and visibility wasn’t extremely high. Nevertheless, if felt great to be in the underwater world again.
The next weekend: two days on The Great Ocean Road, built between 1918 and 1932 by thousands of returned soldiers, with the purpose of ending the isolation of the coastal towns between Torquay and Warnambool. It’s a 300 kilometer curvy drive with an amazing coastal scenery, its most recognized feature is probably the 12 apostles, big limestone rock stacks. We started off surfing at Anglesea which was great fun, and I did pretty well for a first timer. Watching koalas along the road (my first real ozzie animals!). The last day was mostly spent on watching the twelve apostles (of which there are in fact only 8 remaining) and exploring the coast around them.
And this weekend I spent diving again, with the Underwater Club. I’ve in fact just come back from two days in the waters around Queenscliff where I did some nice dives. The seals that came along and played with us were a highlight.
(Due to my USB cable getting a bit wet, I’ll upload the accompanying pics later.)
