Port Fairy, OZ

Well, I've made it back to Victoria, and the coast. We left Adelaide on...Saturday, I believe and headed for the Barossa Valley, a major wine region in Australia, I think it may be the biggest. Sunday was gorgeous weather and Eva talked me into doing a bike tour of some wineries. It was a fun day, we stopped for a few tastings and ended up buying an excellent bottle of port at one of the wineries. It's made for a nice drink after dinner ever since.

We left the Barossa on Sunday, and made our way South, towards Victoria. We found a beautiful place to park for the night, it was a turnout for a scenic lookout, and we had an amazing view from Vacilando. The next day, we left South Australia and, for me, returned to Victoria. For Eva, this is her first time here in this state. We camped in the Little Desert National Park for the night, which was fairly empty. It also had the worst example of the use of "highway" that we've seen here in OZ. Would you call a deep sand track leading off into the scrub a highway? Calling it a road seemed to be stretching the point for me. Oh well.

Yesterday, we left the Little Desert and aimed for the Grampians, which is a much more popular National Park here in Victoria. We decided not to spend the night but figured it'd make for a nicer drive than the main road. We were right. It was a beautiful drive, winding twisting roads, and lovely vistas. A fire'd swept through the park not too long ago, and the damage was still clearly visible, as was the new growth though.

After passing through the Grampians, we headed due South and before long, hit the coast once again. We spent the night here in Port Fairy, and are about to drive the Great Ocean Road. I'm about out of time now, but I should be getting back into Melbourne this weekend, thus completing my loop around OZ. It's also the final weekend of the Commonwealth Games, so the city ought to be a rather fun mess. We'll see.