In honor of Queen's Birthday, our 3-day weekend (affectionately referred to here by Aussies as "long weekend") was spent exploring the coastline west of Melbourne along the Great Ocean Road. The Great Ocean Road is essentially a war memorial connecting coastal towns in southwest Victoria; it was started by soldiers returning from WWI and was completed in 1932. Our plan was to drive from Melbourne to Warrnambool, where we'd booked a motel for two nights. We got our rental car early Saturday and hit the road, first stopping at Bell's Beach, a well-known surfing spot between Torquay and Anglesea. It hosts an international Ripcurl Pro surfing contest every Easter. There were a few surfers out in the waves, but it was probably colder than they'd like. I imagine it's a much busier place here in spring/summer season. The final scene in the film "Point Break" is supposed to happen here, but it was actually filmed at Cannon Beach in Oregon, one of my favorite spots to relax on the Oregon coast.
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