2nd Sept 2014
Camped at Princetown Camping reserve, nice spot just down the road from the 12 Apostles, $20 a night for us two so we booked in for a couple of nights. Our location is on the edge of a sports field, a grassy site, bounded also by the Otawa National park. Very windy but mostly sunny day as we took in the sites of the 12 Apostles. Even at this time of year, the off season, there were many tourist here, and surprisingly enough to access viewing of the Apostles it was free, which is as it should be. The viewing areas were set up well with boardwalks, platforms and concrete track leading in from the car park and National Park shop. Some sort of donation box would be appropriate here. We walked here and there trying to keep out of the icy wind and took in Port Campbell, a sweet looking small town a little further up the coast.

From the campsite I ventured off for a couple of hours walk up through the headlands and down to the sea, part of the Great Ocean Road Walk. Have not had much chance to flex a muscle or two but I found a bit of a crag to boulder on down near the Southern Ocean. To get there I walked through the heath land brush, for 40 odd minutes, mostly surrounded by the growth along a narrow path to come out in the open occasionally to take in the panoramic views of the surrounding hills. Eventually I spied a way to get to the cliff edge above the sea, and then spotted a way down the cliff, a simple scramble to get to the sea and below the cliff. The water felt warm, well it would considering the cold wind that was blowing around above it.
A little time was spent contemplating …. Smelling, touching, feeling the elements …
And then a quick boulder, a scramble to the top of the cliff to return back to the camp the way that I had come.