Friday, April 16, 2010

Cape Otway Lighthouse.


I enjoyed my ride from Lorne to Apollo Bay this morning, I can see why other motorbike riders rave about the Great Ocean Road, it is a very enjoyable motorbike rider not only for the corners and good road surface but also for the spectacular view.
The YHA at Apollo Bay is very impressive and I would recommend it it is very clean and tidy and the staff are very friendly they have reasonably priced single and double rooms and the multi share rooms only have two bunk beds so you only have to share with three others. At the moment I have only one other person in my room, they have male and female and mixed share rooms.
After I settled into to my room I went for a ride to The cape Otway Light house, It is a very narrow and twisty road off the great ocean road, it was OK as a road but not a great bike road as there were to many cars on it so it was very slow going.
When you turn off the Great Ocean Road, the Otway road takes you through some very thick bush for about 10km or so then into open pastures, apparently there is often cattle on the road according to some warning signs and I had to cross two cattle grids.
The light house is worth looking at, both for the historical interest and for the view when you climb the light house however I didn't think that it was worth the 16 dollars they get you to hand over for admission, That's the last tourist thing I am going to pay for on my trip, there are plenty of things to see and do that are free and 16 dollars would buy me lunch and breakfast.

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