Every night, Yunluo watched "My Love from the Star" here, and then used her laptop to surf the Internet through the mobile phone hotspot, sorted out photos and wrote travel notes. The biggest surprise of the whole RV for Yunluo was this 1.5-meter bed. Every night, she would pull out a wooden board from under the bed, put it firmly, stuff a sofa cushion in the gap, and then spread the quilt and pillow on it.
This big bed is good enough. Every morning, it has to be tidied up to become a sofa, and the cycle repeats. Although it is not very troublesome, it is not easy either. Yunluo is responsible for making the bed and tidying up. But compared with the wonderful experience of sleeping in the RV, all this is really nothing to mention. This wonderful feeling makes all the troubles seem worth it!
After a simple functional training, Yunluo and An Chuyu headed straight to the Great Ocean Road with full confidence! Although Yunluo's RV drove less than 100 kilometers of road in total, the photo of the beautiful driver still had to be taken in the camp.
When Yunluo and An Chuyu just drove onto the highway, they were greeted by a violent storm. Thinking that the car was fully charged and filled with water, they decided to spend the night in Geelong, which is only a few kilometers away from Melbourne. Geelong, also known as Jilong, Zhilang, and Jilong, has an area of ​​​​km2 and a population of about 10,000. It is the second largest city in Victoria after Melbourne.
Geelong has a beautiful beach, and the cute human-shaped bollards on the shore are one of the tourist attractions. The town after the rain seemed particularly peaceful. Initially, they planned to do some shopping and cooking in Geelong, but because they didn't get a phone card at the airport, they had to go there and all the shops were closed. Yunluo and An Chuyu could only park the RV at the dock.
I went out to take photos and find food. There were few pedestrians on the road. I walked around and found a restaurant by the pier. I ate while looking at the scenery and enjoyed the tranquility. It was my first fish and chips in Australia. The fish was fresh and elastic. The fries were crispy and melted in my mouth. While eating, I chatted with a foreigner sitting next to me. He said that this place is not as peaceful and tranquil as you think.
It is more about passion. Everyone here is obsessed with Australian rugby and has been training since childhood. Children playing with rugby balls can be seen everywhere. But Yunluo thinks it is more about elegance. The Geelong Grammar School, a classical royal aristocratic school attended by Prince Charles of the United Kingdom, is here.
The whole town was filled with an aristocratic atmosphere. After dinner, I returned to the RV and started to wash the dishes and prepare for tomorrow's dinner. Just as Yunluo was listening to music, she wondered how she could be so virtuous. The water was cut off. She quickly called An Chuyu, and after studying for a long time, she came to a sad conclusion that all the water had been used up by Yunluo.
Thinking that Yunluo and An Chuyu had not showered yet, and that they would not be able to wash their faces and brush their teeth tomorrow, I really wanted to strangle myself, but in the end I could only grit my teeth and not remove my makeup or shower. I thought this was the most miserable thing, but in fact, there was something even more miserable to come. Since from morning to night, all electronic devices have been on strike.
I took out the extension cord to charge my phone, computer, iPad, etc. Why was there no power when the extension cord was connected to the power source? I had clearly tested it during the training just now and it was powered. Could it be that Yunluo and An Chuyu had a problem with their operation? The most terrifying thing is that the phone is out of power. I can't communicate or navigate. With the last remaining battery of An Chuyu, he called the customer service number of Apollo.
All are in voicemail. The most romantic first night in the RV, but all the beauty was broken by an unexpected situation. It once again proved that the distance between reality and romance is so far away. Yunluo and Anchuyu completely gave up and went to bed obediently. Geelong-Torquay-Anglesea-Aireyslnlet-Lorne-ApolloBay was accompanied by the sound of fine rain all night.
Thinking it would be a cloudy day, I opened the car door. The blue sky and white clouds gave Yunluo a strong wake-up call. I got up and went to Coles to do some shopping. If you spend a certain amount of Australian dollars at Coles supermarket, you can get a 5-cent Shell gas station coupon. So last night I parked the car at the beach, which is the closest to the supermarket. In China, Yunluo has a special affection for "city supermarkets".
If Yunluo didn't have to hurry, she could probably spend a whole day shopping. It was her first time using self-service checkout, and the barcodes were very convenient, just scanning them was enough. But vegetables were not so easy. First you had to find the name of the vegetable by letter, then put it on the machine to weigh it, and once it had the price, it was OK. Yunluo quickly got carrots, oranges, and tomatoes.
But Yunluo couldn't even pronounce the Chinese names of some fruits and vegetables. She had to ask the staff nearby for help. The most frustrating thing was that Yunluo bought a broccoli, thinking it was sold by weight, so she picked the smallest one. It turned out that it was sold by quantity. She was too embarrassed to return it and get it again, so she could only swipe her card with tears in her eyes.
After calculating the food for the day, I paid the bill in Australian dollars. Carrying large and small bags, I stopped at the intersection to rest. An Australian grandmother in her 60s immediately asked Yunluo if she needed help. Since the car was on the other side, Yunluo thanked her and politely declined. The simple words made Yunluo feel warm in her heart. The first day of the Great Ocean Road.
The route from Geelong to Torquay to Anglesea to Aireys Inlet to Lorne to Apollo Bay is 1,000 kilometers long. Yunluo and Anchuyu set out at 10:00 in the morning, stopping along the way and arriving at about 10:30. Leaving Geelong, what appeared in front of us was the typical Australian farm scenery: large grasslands and herds of cattle and sheep.
Among all countries in the world, Australia has the smallest proportion of farmers in the total population and the largest per capita arable land. Although Australia has large areas of desert that cannot be used for farming and a general lack of water resources, the arable land resources available for development are still very abundant. Not long after driving, the Great Ocean Road revealed its true face, half of which is mountains and the other half is sea.
The vast South Indian Ocean looks so gorgeous under the occasional sunlight from the clouds. The long bay looks like a palette of blue and green from a distance, making the sea look more like a beautiful oil painting. In several canyons, you can see waves several meters high violently impacting the yellow sandstone that has weathered for thousands of years.
The layers of mist and the rumbling sound made Yunluo feel the power of the ocean. The entrance to the Great Ocean Road begins in Torquay, a town famous for surfing. Torquay is known as the "Surfing Capital" and is a surfing resort in Victoria, Australia. Yunluo and An Chuyu don't know how to surf, and the wind is very strong here.
So we went straight through Anglesea to Aireys Inlet without stopping. You don't have to worry about missing the beautiful scenery. There are many viewing platforms along the way for tourists to get off. So the Great Ocean Road must start from Melbourne, and never go the other way. You can see the lighthouse with a white base and a red top from a distance. It's getting closer and closer. The lighthouse here is for tourists to climb up and look far away.
Since Yunluo and An Chuyu have arranged a helicopter ride with the Twelve Apostles tomorrow, we will only go to the beach today. Ticket price The cafe near the lighthouse is doing a booming business. This is a private residence, and the entire garden is full of colorful flowers. I really hope to meet the hostess by chance. I think she must be an elegant, quality and life-conscious woman.
Walking down the path, the wind was getting stronger. At the end, I saw the surging waves hitting the huge rocks, although there was only one. It was quite shocking. I was looking forward to seeing the spectacular scenery of the Twelve Apostles tomorrow. The sea view room on the roadside left the lighthouse and continued along the seaside. We arrived in Lorne and saw the BIG camp on the roadside.
There were snack bars all around, so Yunluo and An Chuyu chose an Italian restaurant and ordered the recommended pasta. They only wanted to fill their stomachs, but the taste was unexpectedly good. Sometimes they listened to the roar of the waves in the car, and sometimes they got off the car to stop and take pictures, and they saw the lighthouse in the distance. They went to the town to find food and finally arrived at the Big Camp Pisces at the head of Apollobay before dusk.
This is a four-star campsite, facing the sea, with beautiful scenery. In Australia, there is basically a campsite every KM in popular areas, and Big's campsite is the best and most famous. If you drive an Apollo or Britz RV into Big, you will get a % discount, about $10 per day. The campsite has parking spaces with and without electricity, and people usually enter the campsite to charge.
If you don't need to charge, you don't have to stay in the camp. The check-in procedure is quite simple. After paying the fee, the staff will give you a camp map and tell you in detail where your berth is. Where is the kitchen, where is the bathroom... how to drive, Yunluo and An Chuyu's camp life officially began.
The night before, there was no water and no electricity. I didn't know the reason until I entered the camp. No water: The water tank of the RV is actually very small. It only has 1 liter. It is fine to use it for washing things and flushing the toilet, but if you want to take a shower, you probably won't be able to wash your body after washing your hair. For people like Yunluo who have to take a shower every day, it is impossible not to enter the camp.
No electricity: When Yunluo and An Chuyu were in the RV, the lights, refrigerator, and TV could work, but the microwave, air conditioner, and power sockets had to be powered on in the campground. So for people like Yunluo and An Chuyu, who filled up all the power strips at night, it was impossible not to go into the campground.
In summary, Yunluo and An Chuyu have to enter the campsite every night when they drive the RV, and they can't save money. They found the parking space for Yunluo and An Chuyu, and there was someone else's tent next to it. An Chuyu usually doesn't do anything at home, and he doesn't know how to do anything, but before leaving, Yunluo and An Chuyu had a verbal agreement that if they took him with them this time.
He had to be the driver and also be responsible for charging and watering at night. Although he had resisted stubbornly, he finally agreed reluctantly. So after the car stopped, he had to do one thing: pull out the wires to charge, take out the water pipes to fill the water, and take out the urinal to clean it. It was the first time to come to the campground and see so many RVs. Everything felt very new.
Walk around and have a look. Campsites are usually divided into different areas according to the types of vehicles parked, including cabin areas, trailer areas, and tent areas. Many elderly people in Australia sell their houses and buy RVs when they retire. They travel around and stay wherever they want. When they get tired of it, they can move to another place. It is very comfortable. Local Australians like to drive this type of trailer RV. When they arrive at their destination.
First unload the RV, then drive the car around, but you can only drive a trailer with a local driver's license. The campsite also offers different accommodation options, temporary and long-term. Many locals come here to buy a set and often come here for vacation on weekends. This set looks particularly luxurious, so it should be bought. Campsites are divided into different levels.
In addition to ensuring the most basic functions, including but not limited to berths, water and electricity, public toilets, public kitchens, laundry rooms, BBQs, etc., related supporting facilities will be increased or decreased, such as swimming pools, playgrounds, game rooms, etc. Yunluo also tried to wash clothes once, which cost 100 Australian dollars each time. If you need to dry it, you will need 100 Australian dollars.
The public BBQ area is very lively. The game room has a large shared kitchen. There is also a separate bathroom for the whole family, but Yunluo used the public one. I always thought it would be crowded. It was very dirty. But after entering, Yunluo was the only one in the bathroom, and it was very clean. Everyone took a shower. The water was also very large and free to use.
Since it was still early for dinner, Yunluo and An Chuyu decided to take a walk and buy some seafood for dinner. There are many attractions near Apollo Bay, and there are detailed introductions on the map. You can choose a few that you are interested in, but don't go to all of them. You will get tired of seeing too many of them.
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There is a LOOKOUT on the hill east of the town where you can enjoy the panoramic view of the town, but it seems to be private property (Private Property), and an entrance fee is charged, so Yunluo and An Chuyu did not go in. Apollo Bay is not big. Turn right from the camp and drive for a few minutes to the end. Yunluo and An Chuyu came to the fish market by the dock.
I don't know if it was because Yunluo arrived late, or if there weren't many things here, just a few fish. I didn't buy anything, so I headed home. Back to the widest beach in front of the camp, the sun hadn't completely set. Yunluo and An Chuyu walked on the beach, took photos, and made sand piles. Although the sun was shining, the temperature was not over 10 degrees, and the wind and waves were strong.
Yunluo was already shivering with cold, but the foreigners were still swimming in the sea, whether they were old people or young children. When the sun was almost invisible, Yunluo and An Chuyu reluctantly left the beach. Back to the RV. Let's see what Yunluo bought with this Australian dollar? Drinks, vegetables, seafood, meat. Fruits.
Everything is complete. Yunluo brought rice from China, and also brought a little salt, soy sauce, sugar, etc. Thinking that the RV is only for a few days, it would be a waste if the seasonings are not used up here. The first meal in the RV must be sumptuous. Celebrate it properly. I stewed a pot of chicken soup, thinking that I could be lazy and not make soup these days, but I never expected it.
The soup in the RV could not be preserved at all. Once the car started, the soup would spill out, so Yunluo and An Chuyu drank two bowls each that night. The next day, they got up and cooked two bowls of delicious rice with chicken soup. During the meal, An Chuyu always thanked God for marrying a beautiful and virtuous wife like Yunluo. Good night.
The moist air from the South Pacific cannot reach the inland, so it forms precipitation in the Great Ocean Road area. The climate of the Great Ocean Road is relatively humid and changeable. Usually, two places may have two different weather conditions at the same time: one place is raining, and the other place is sunny. The weather forecast said that there would be showers today, and it was still raining heavily outside the window this morning.
Yunluo wanted to get up but crawled back to sleep for an extra hour. With such bad weather, Yunluo was depressed and even his favorite "chicken soup and rice" was listless. Seeing that the rain had not stopped yet, he could not wait any longer and was forced to set off. Today, he planned to start from Apollo Bay to Port Campbell and spend the night in Warrnambool.
The total length is kilometers. The rain stopped when we drove onto the Great Ocean Road, but the road was still very wet. Since we hadn't seen the blue sky yet, we decided to leave the Great Ocean Road and head south to Cape Otway. It was estimated that it would take about minutes to drive. The trees on both sides of the road were very lush, and it felt a bit like a primeval forest.
The famous Great Otway National Park is located here. The national park includes: Otway Treetop Walk, walking through the top of the ancient forest covered with moss. Treetop Walk takes a boat through the canyon and passes through the majestic caves of Cape Bridgewater.
See Rainbow Falls. Melba Gully: You can also see the shining wonders of fireflies. Canoeing and platypus on Lake Elizabeth under the dawn light, each of which is very attractive to Yunluo and Anchuyu, but unfortunately there is not enough time, and they should have added one more day, so they had to say goodbye in a hurry.
There is a eucalyptus forest on this road, where wild koalas live in Australia. There are quite a few of them, one every few dozen meters. Whenever you see a car parked or someone looking up, they are definitely taking pictures of koalas. Koalas spend 15 hours a day, 15 hours sleeping, 15 hours daydreaming, and 15 hours eating leaves. There are no ferocious beasts in Australia, and koalas have no natural enemies.
Most of the deaths are caused by falling down from trees because they are too old to hold onto them. So how do koalas die? Answer: They fall down. I was so excited to finally see a real koala. The sun also showed its face from the thick clouds. We were going to the Cape Otway Lighthouse, which has a history of many years. It was put into use in 1990 and is the oldest lighthouse in Australia.
The only lighthouse that charges a fee: adult tickets are AU tickets, AU$. On second thought, hurry up and take advantage of the weather. On second thought, hurry up and return to the Great Ocean Road and head straight for the Twelve Apostles before the weather changes. You can see the helicopter hovering in the sky from a distance. Yunluo seems to have returned to his childhood and dances with joy. The parking lot is already crowded. (~^~)