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Port Fairy is small, very beautiful with a sea inlet, marina and good accommodation. However obvious
from the (unoccupied) 'look at me' architecture of the houses above the beach this is THE holiday place
for the well heeled from Adelaide and would be packed in the summer months. Sniffed out an amazing
stone pub with roaring fire and transpires it's the holder of the 1st Liquor Licence granted in SA. Great
ambience, good beers, however food looked awful so found a nice place across the road where as one
might expect the Bouillabaisse was excellent.
Day 16: Port Fairy to Lorne

This the most recognisable part of the Great
Ocean Road & again the weather Gods were
smiling on me and it was warm and sunny the
whole stretch. Not really too much to say other
then the scenery is fantastic & very varied and
where it winds inland on occasions its very
verdant compared to the edge of the sea, which is
dominated by limestone outcrops, small bays and
deserted beaches with blue sea and surf. It’s
uncrowded, and any tourist traffic seems to be
going Westwards from Lorne.

Arrived in Lorne mid afternoon and the apartment I
had booked on line was on the beach front road
with secure undercover parking for the GS. Lorne
is a VERY busy summer holiday destination,
especially for Melburnians, but being mid winter
was deserted. However found a good noodle
house and enjoyed a few glasses of the amber
nectar and a very nice warming noodle dish freshly
'wokked' in front of me. Early night and nodded off
to the sound of heavy rain.
Day 17 Lorne to Melbourne
It had bucketed down overnight, however the sun
was out but it was pretty chilly at 9C.
As I travelled Eastwards there was much gravel on
the roads, and after about 50Kms traffic was tailed
back as there had been a landslip onto the road. Working my way to the front of the line & parking up,
the Stop/Go man advised that I could probably get through on a bike in about 30 minutes, and true to his
word I was waved through, however no 4 wheeled vehicles were being let through. It was a pretty major
slip from the high side onto the road and once
passed I realised that I had no traffic ahead of me
as the road had been closed off about an hour
before.
What followed was an amazing 90 minutes of
fabulous deserted road and the old GS didn't
disappoint, and the rear brake behaved itself. I
arrived at Queenscliffe, on the Western side of
the entry to Port Philip Bay in time to catch the
Queenscliffe to Sorrento ferry, about a 1 hour
very pleasant journey passing across the entry to
Port Philip Bay.

HOWEVER, there was a Force 6 blowing and no means to secure the bike so I was advised to stay with
the bike and hold onto it! Only a few bumps as we passed by the entrance, which has an impressive tidal

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