Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Great Ocean Road

From Ballarat he headed down south towards the Great Ocean Road. It’s an amazing drive, you can do it in a day but we took two and a half, there is a lot to stop and look at along the way. I will put up just some highlights:

Z Ballaratu jsme zamirili na jih, na Great Ocean Road, coz je silnice, kterou postavili prevazne vojaci, kteri se vratili z 1. svetove valky. Nekteri z nich nemeli po navratu zamestnani a nechteli farmarit a statu bylo jasnym ze bez zamestnani se jim moc darit nebude. Nejen z financni stranky, ale hodne i z psychicke. Tak prisli s napad postavit silnici podel pobrezi s krasnymi vyhledy, ktera bude spis turisticka atrakce nez dalnice, nabidli jim slusny plat a dobre podminky a tak postupne postavili silnci, ktera je dnes asi neoblibenejsi turistickou trasou v Australii. Da se projet za den, ale my jsme si nechali pres dva dny, nebot cestou je toho hodne k videni. Tady je par fotek toho, co se mi libilo nejvic:

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And yes! This IS the lighthouse from Round the Twist! Apparently it appeared in Mad Max too.

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Erskine Waterfalls/ Vodopady Erskine

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Gordon the Handsome:

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And of course the “Twelve” Apostles.

Toto je asi hlavni atrakce Great Ocean Road, znama jako 12 Apostolu, ackoliv je jich tam jen osum.

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Loch Ard Gorge, the place of a ship disaster which had only 2 survivors out of 56 passengers. The two got washed out on this beach and were eventually rescued.

Tot je zatoka Loch Ard, misto ztroskotani lodi, ktere prezili jen dva z 56 jejich pasazeru. Ti dva nakonec dopalvali na tuto plaz, kde byli zachraneni.

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The Razorback

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Thundering Cave/ Hrmici jezkyne

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