Chronicles of Down Under: The 12 Apostle that was not

Together with Eddy's global team colleagues, we packed into cars and started our long journey to Great Ocean Road to visit the much talk about 12 Apostles. I had seen from pictures and heard from testimonies of others that it was basically 12 rocks which rose out of the sea. But that did not prepare me for what I was about to see. I was warned about the bitter cold wind and loaded with a jacket. After a quick breakfast, we were ready to head down the road.

Ad pointing at the place we stopped for a toilet break. You can see Geelong (where we came from) and Port Campbell (where we're headed) on the map. If you went down the entire Great Ocean Road which is along the shoreline (red on the map), it would have taken 6hours to arrive at Port Campbell.

So we took a short cut - a 2 hour drive with farms for scenery... the entire way. Grass... grass.... cow... horse... flower.... grass... grass... cow... At least I had the kids to entertain me. Grass can't get any more interesting after 20minutes.

We stopped for beachplay and lunch at a small town along the Great Ocean Road. While everyone else busied themselves with scenery taking, the kids took the the sand and sea. Smart kids. Eddy said I had to try fish and chips. They do not use Dory but some other fish which escapes my mind right now. How was it? The portion was humongous and the fish so fresh.

This is Lock Ard Gorge where some survivors of some ship wreck was found here and somehow made this place famous? I'm not sure. We walked down the stairs to the shore and a gaping cave at the bottom. The wall of the rocks are quite unique.

Further down the road we come to something called the London Bridge. As you can clearly see why. I'm not sure how the rock formed in that manner but it's so cute. The wind in this area is so strong you could freeze. Well I could. I said could.




And suddenly, to my utmost horror and worst of nightmares.... my camera battery pack died! Oh Nooooooo..... This could NOT be happening. I should not have assumed! We had not even reached the 12 Apostles. How very very ironic this was turning out to be. But thank the good Lord that Eddy had colleagues who all had cameras, two had DSLRs. So I very shy-ly asked for a copy of all his scenic pictures. Better yet, just burn everything. The pictures below are lifted from the net.

This is the blowhole. It's actually called the blowhole on one end and Thunder cave on the other. It's a narrow and deep cave like in the rocks (where you can't possibly climb down into) where the ocean goes into when the tide comes up. Every wave that crashes into the cave makes a loud booming sound... like thunder.

I had expected the Twelve Apostle to at least have 12 gigantic stones coming out of the sea. But this was all that we see. Eddy said the broken one was Judas and the fat one is Peter. Don't ask me why. And so here it is... the postcard moment.

However, walking THAT much and freezing from the strong wind, I must say, was worth it. The sight was majestic to behold. The greatness of the God's workmanship on the earth surface was more than words can say. The grandeur holds you at awe. 7year old Nat asked why I liked nature. I told him it was to witness God's creation and say 'wow God, You are amazing!' And He really is. Why do people travel all the way to see things like this? Cos it was more than any human heart could swallow - the handiwork of His masterpiece.

Eddy was carrying Ad on piggy back when he suddenly put her down and switched her to the front.

Ad: Daddy got backache

Eddy: You know also

Ad: Now he'll have frontache

LOL!

After that it was back to Geelong...



As for dinner, we entered a small noodle shop (which Eddy and Christina claim cannot be compared with anything in Malaysia but beggars cannot be choosers). Udon something. At least I still had my fill of Chinese cuisine to keep me alive. In fact... I've been eating mostly Asian food here... hmm..

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