Robert McCarthy: Great Ocean Road

Today, we woke up early and drove down the Great Ocean Road, a long road along the coast commemorating WWI soldiers. It was a good time, lots of sitting on the bus though. Most of the day was spend taking pictures. We had a quick stop in Torquay (pronounced Taw-kee) which is apparently the birthplace of surfing. All the surf companies that exist in America were started in garages in Torquay. That dominates the city. All the stores were basically surf shops, and 1 Mcdonald's. That was a good time, then back in the bus. We stopped at a place by the beach called Andrew's Chicken Joint, thought most of us got fish. The food was pretty good, even if the service was subpar. The rest of the time was taking pictures, and seeing animals.

We got pretty close to the ocean today. I may have gotten a little too close. I was down taking pictures, and a big tide came in while I wasn't paying attention. It washed up almost to my knees. I felt like the biggest idiot in the hemisphere. In my defense, nobody explained to me how the ocean works. So I had the distinction of having wet shoes all day. Awesome. It wasn't too bad though, I experienced the ocean in more ways than anyone else did. George told me that the water we saw today comes directly off of Antarctica, so that was pretty cool. I washed in Antarctic waters, I suppose.

Here are some of the better pictures from the trip today.