The Great Ocean Road and the Great Otway National Park camping areas

We have got a Camps 5 book for Australia, it's a guide to all free and cheap camping all over the country. They're really difficult to get hold of! As they're really popular you rarely see them second hand but also they've stopped printing them so they're a bit of a collectable. When we were looking for the van we noticed in one of the other vehicles there was one lying in the front seat. When we enquired about the book he just told us to help our selves. Yay! It has been brilliant! Not only have the camping spots been free but they have also been amazing beauty spots, well out of the way in the National Parks that you might not know about without the guide. The first stop over was on Lake Colac , it was so beautiful and peaceful, the sun set was amazing. (I'm going to have to start accessing a Thesaurus for 'beautiful' and 'amazing' because I feel like I'm using these words to describe most things recently). We hadn't managed to find anywhere to fill up with cooking gas by this point so it was more sandwiches for tea. The next day once we had cooking gas and we also had access to all of the free gas bbqs in the parks we were eating like kings and queens.

We joined The Great Ocean Road at a popular tourist site. A series of 12 rocky outcrops named the Twelve Apostles. It was an impressive site, particularly as there were waves crashing against them. The Great Ocean Road is amazing. It was built by the returning Aussie soldiers from WWI who needed employment. The road is now the largest war memorial in the world. The road cuts its way through forest and coastline offering spectacular views.
The surf has not been ideal but we have been getting in when and where there's a wave. Our first surf felt a little sharky but we have soon got past that, except when Ruth starts to make Jaws theme tune noises! The water seems cold after Bali OK not home cold, but we feel we have gotten a little soft.