We set off for Forrest with a stop planned at Wreck Beach and Cape Otway. The road to Wreck Beach was not suitable for coaches nor caravans so we decided not to chance it with the camper trailer. Long way to reverse if you get stuck at a point where you can't turn around.
The roadside to the lighthouse is a popular place for koalas and we were not disappointed as we pulled up with the hoards for some viewing.
The Cape Otway lighthouse and surrounding grounds are spectacular. Great views and well kept with a very interesting history. The light house was built to help reduce the risk of emigrant ships from the UK and from Sydney to Victoria getting wrecked on the coast line. Victoria was desperate to attract more labour to get it going and the risk of shipwreck was becoming a deterrent. In fact the wrecks were one of the main reasons for Victoria breaking away from NSW as the locals felt their voices were not getting heard in Sydney.
We left Cape Otway and headed toward Apollo Bay before turning inland to Forrest. The sat nav sent us up a road called 'Wild Dog Creek' Rd rather than the main road up the mountain and it was not a pleasant trip. The dirt road was very narrow with no passing in most places, no guard rail and a sheer drop down into the valley. Not being a fan of heights, Clare was crapping herself, to put it mildly. The road went up for 10km and fortunately the only car we saw coming the other way was on one of the wider sections of road. We got to Forrest with no incident and set up camp in the local caravan park.
Christine 26/2 at 12.15pm
ReplyDeleteWe spent quite a bit of time at the lighthouse while Rod read everything. Very interesting as you say. Glad I wasn't on any of those ships!!! Bad enough having to climb a mountain unnecessarily because of the sat nav!