Fri 15 Nov 2013 - Bell's Beach

We woke up to a beautiful, sunny day! We quickly packed our things and cleaned the house, as we are continuing along the Great Ocean Rd today, trying our luck at Bell's Beach and then having dinner with Rodger's cousins, Lynne & Pete at Leopold, near Geelong.

The scenery on the way to Lorne was entirely different today, with the sea and sky blue and the water sparkling. The Great Ocean Road is very twisting and turning and often narrow, and took us past many rivers (including our namesake) as well at lighthouses and picturesque towns and interesting architecture.

Lighthouse Stables

It took us a couple of hours to get to Bell's Beach and, sadly, there was no surf there or any of the beaches at Torquay, or 13th Beach.

Bell's Beach

At Toquay, there was a big sundial on the beach front, called an analemmatic sundial, all made of mosaics, with an eagle in the middle. The eagle's body is oval shaped and has the months of the year on it. If you stand on the correct month, then your shadow falls on the time, marked by starfish. We had to correct it by an hour because of daylight saving, but,apart from that, it was accurate.

We got to Lynnie and Pete's place about 5.00pm and had a great welcome and lovely dinner. Later on we met their son Steve and his wife Kelly.