Day 12 (12/9) – Melbourne to Torquay (Jan Juc)

Another late start! Can’t seem to make it out of bed much before 9 or 10 these days – shame! Eventually left around lunchtime with a brief stop at Bunnings for some replacement tap fittings (ours were left on Alison’s outside tap (Callum the playfully destructive again – chews and sucks on all sorts of things, including numerous bits of soft toys that are dragged around in a somewhat damp state and presented to various humans for tug-of-war or throwing). Arrived Torquay (start of the Great Ocean Road – and iconic drive along the south west Victorian coast) at 3.30 pm in dire need of caffeine (you wouldn’t think we’d be this weary after all the sleep we’ve managed to have recently!). Directed to the most to-die-for cafe – coffee and chocolate – you can choose straight coffee, hot or iced chocolate and they had this marvellous thing called a hot mocha chocolate made up of a shot of coffee and Belgian dark chocoloate (swoon). Decided to be restrained and only shared an orange almond cake and had two gorgeous dark chocolate ganache thingies each. Charlie’s Cafe for anyone passing by the Visitor Information Centre in Torquay.
Tonight in a van park in Jan Juc – seemed to be mostly permanent vans and slightly creepy, but we’d already paid and entered by then! Site right up the back looking out on one side onto a possible cow paddock (but no cows in evidence so who knows?). Will move on tomorrow to see some of the Great Ocean Rd.