Brass=Excellent

From Crater Hike/O...

About an hour and a half southwest of Melbourne starts The Great Ocean Road. A long stretch of highway with scenic views and countless surf spots along it's route. Hopefully, our swell timing will change for this trip.

The famous road essentially begins in Torquay, "The Surf Capital". The spot where Billabong and Rip Curl began. Also the home to the very rad Australian Surf Museam. The was a must and sort of a prerequisite for our drive down the Great Ocean Road.

Not but a short distance from Torquay is another famous surf icon, Bells Beach. Home of the Rip Curl Pro every Easter for the past 20 some years. Of course we stopped. Seeing the weather as it was, cold, windy and overcast, I still had hopes of seeing this epic spot going off! Pulled up, not a car in the lot or a soul in the water. Once again, great spot, no surf.

The views are breathtaking and the ocean big and blue. Ever so beautiful even though lacking in surf. It now being our second day on the GOR, we have staked our claim at another BIG 4 (Oz's equivalent to NZ's Top 10). A great spot to catch up on work and some much needed updates.

We're back on the trail again. The vastness of the open road and possibilities around each bend are much more appealing than the confined routine of the city. The sight of mother ocean right outside the car door or just in the distance puts me at ease and into another state of mind. Absolutely brass!