Sunday May 24th, 2015
Day 15 in Australia!
Day two on Great Ocean Road!
The morning started out very early and cold! We did a meditation exercise during sunrise and although it was cold, it was relaxing and cleared my mind. I wanted to sit and watch the sunrise because DUH, sunrise in Australia, but meditation was what our travel guide had in mind. However, it was a good morning nonetheless. After that, we got breakfast; we got toasties, also known as paninies! Then, we packed up our stuff and headed down to the 12 Apostles again because we wanted to see them in the daytime, since the day before it was already dark and gray clouds covered the sky. It was magnificent! It is a lot better in the daylight. Then, we went down on the beach to see them from below and that was cool. The beach was beautiful. We also stopped at many places such as The Grotto, London Bridge, Power Creek Reserve, Gibsons Steps, George Chocolates, Loch Ard Gorge, Bay of Islands, another rainforest, a cheese factory, a whiskey distillery, and a dozen other places. I also got to try aboriginal spinach and it was not awful, but pig face was ew.
We were exhausted at the end of the day and got back late and we had to get up pretty early the next day.
This weekend made me feel like me again. I love nature and being outside and this was great. I had felt a little homesick before we left, but I snapped out and seeing all of these places made me appreciate where I am and the opportunity that I was given to be here. I absolutely love Australia and everything it has offered and I cannot wait to spend my last week here, it is bittersweet.
So, the first thing I did when we got back was unpack, then eat, then knocked out.
What an amazing two day adventure!