Australia

Last November, I took a trip to visit my brother in Australia. It was the first time since he moved there that I could afford to fly out to stay with him. I was there for a month and can say that this trip really impacted my life. I took a lot of amazing trips while in Australia, but I'm going to focus on The Great Ocean Road, and the Twelve Apostles to be more specific!

The Great Ocean Road has to be one of the most amazing places I've been. Mile after mile of gorgeous rolling meadows, beautiful beaches and mesmerising waves - if the Australian coastline was a cake, this would certainly be the cherry on top! I was lucky enough to travel from Port Campbell seeing well over half of this fantastic coastline.

As we made our way down the what seemed like an endless road of perfect scenery, we hit the world famous Twelve Apostles. It's extremely hard to imagine when you're there that once upon a time, these monuments were connected to the mainland. A combination of waves and wind erode these limestone 45m tall structures at a rate of two centimeters a year, and because of this twelve have now become eight! (You can see the remains in the pictures above!)

As you can imagine, The GOR and Twelve Apostles attracts millions of tourists each year (7.2 million to be exact!) so I can say without a doubt, that there weren't just waves in the sea! Waves and waves of people were huddled up at each lookout trying to catch a glimpse of structures like London Bridge, Loch Ard Gorge and The Grotto, some of which I managed to get pictures of that day!
Every bend of this beautiful road reveals another photo opportunity, I would love to share every picture I took that day. But, to be honest, I spent most of the day with my phone in my pocket and my camera in the bag. It's places like this that make you appreciate how beautiful nature is. I'm a small town guy who was looking/experiencing a place that was not the norm and for that reason I wanted to live in the moment, and not look at it through a phone/camera screen.

I feel very mixed emotions about this place. I am extremely blessed to have experienced this place with my brother (as it was his first time too!) and for that I will always be happy. But, I also feel sad knowing that this beautiful place will continue to be taken by the very thing that made it, nature.

Regards, Dan.