After waking from my second last sleep for the hike, I was aware that I was well and truly on the home straight. It wasn't too bad a snooze either, considering I was still using a deflated sleeping mat and …
Category: Great Ocean Walk
Johanna Beach to Ryans Den, Great Ocean Walk
The night spent at Johanna Beach was a peaceful one. No other hikers had arrived late in the day, so I had the camp to myself. Again, I'd gone to bed early and slept quite well, considering I was still …
Aire River to Johanna Beach, Great Ocean Walk
The night spent at Aire River Campsite was almost trouble free. Considering my sleeping mat had failed on the first night and then subsequently my plush pillow, it was a reasonable sleep. I was starting to think my body was …
Cape Otway to Aire River, Great Ocean Walk
A night spent in the land of the koalas was an interesting one. I confirmed the bizarre, demonic purring I heard a few nights earlier at Elliot Ridge was a koala. I know that, as I had the very same …