8am. Cold, overcast, wind blowing from the south-west. Good, I'm heading south-east, from Warrnambool to Port Campbell, along the famed Great Ocean Road. But first, I take a slight detour along Logans Beach Road, across the Hopkins River and up a hill, before ten kilometres of expansive ocean views.
I'm sure Paul Jennings lives around here? Maybe he could offer a fellow author some advice on how to sell more books. Write better books, I hear you answer!
Back to the Great Ocean Road. Except the next forty kilometres meanders between dairy farms. Hey Cow! The smell of new mown grass, mud and cow dung mixes with the saltspray air. The road is rough in patches and the cloud cover shows no sign of moving along with the breeze. No cafes around here either, so I plough on for the morning before arriving at the Southern Ocean and the Bay of Islands National Park.
From now on, for the next twenty-five kilometres, it's tourist photo opportunity time. Me and a hundred grey nomads in campervans. The temperature has even reached double figures!
At Peterborough, I finally have my morning coffee and the cycle into Port Campbell is downhill, the ocean to my right, more cows to my left and lunch up ahead.
Tomorrow is Port Campbell to Apollo Bay... with the dreaded Lavers Hill in between.
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