A Pocket Full of Sunshine

The last time I blogged about Melbourne, it was actually only the first day of Melbourne!

So I shall call it day 1 / day 2 etc instead of part 1 / 2 etc to make it easier for those who are thinking of following a similar itinerary! :) 

To refresh your memory, our trip was planned like this:

As mentioned in the previous day 1 post, we left Narooma and headed for Watarah! Along the drive to Watarah, we spotted quite a number of wildlife like Kangaroos etc. There were dead wildlife left at the side of the road too. :( Apparently, it is quite common for vehicles to hit the animals, especially when it is dark at night.

Pit stops are also located every now and then, hence if you are feeling tired you can take a pit stop and nap for a while before carrying on your drive. I think that it is extremely important for the drivers to be fully awake while driving! I have seen how vehicles driving in front of us swayed from left to right, and the drivers are probably asleep. There are many bends and winding roads, so can you imagine if you closed your eyes for 2 - 3 seconds and you crashed into the barriers? :\\ A pit stop can save your life!!

After driving for a long time, probably 4 - 5 hours, we finally found Watarah Lodge! I read reviews on tripadvisor and the reviews mentioned that the owner of the place, Judy, was really friendly and how spectacular the view was. Hence, we were really excited to stay at her place!

Watarah Lodge

40 Thomson Road

Fish Creek, VIC 3595

http://www.watarahlodge.com.au

 

The lodge is a family business and they bought over the place in 2012! When we arrived, the living / dining room was in a mess because the carpet was being cleaned! We were quite shocked and wondered if we were at the correct place! Thankfully, Judy arrived soon enough and brought us to our room. :)  

This is the living / dining room!

They have a fire place which they light up during winter.

 

Our room was huge and there was a spa in the toilet too. Sorry I just realized that I didn't take any photos of the room, but I made sure to take a photo of the spa in the toilet! Hahaha.

The view from our room was amazing! In the morning, we could spot wallabies and kangaroos on the grass. I felt that the whole place gave off a tranquil and calming effect. Definitely a good place to stay if you wish to escape from the hustle and bustle of the city.

 

This is the resident wallaby who will come by often for food! 

View of the lodge on a hill. 

 

Glen was extremely pleased with the place and he couldn't stop exclaiming about the view! 

 

In the morning, we woke up to a breath-taking view of the sunrise. 

 

  Our package came with continental breakfast. If you want to have a cooked breakfast like sausages / bacon / eggs, you can top up $12 per pax! I thought the continental breakfast was good enough because they had cereal, juices, milk, yoghurt, bread and muffins. It was quite a wide variety! 

 

Judy told us that we should have spent at least 3 days in Watarah, but we only had 1.5 days at Watarah. :( We decided to visit Sandy Point beach and Wilsons Promontary National Park. 

If there is one beach you have to visit in Watarah...it has to be Sandy Point Beach.

Words cannot describe how beautiful this beach is.

I think my pictures don't do justice to this beach but when you see this beach, you'll be in awe of its splendor.

Glen's foot prints and my slipper prints in the sand.
Did I mention that the sand is so soft that your feet just sinks into it the moment you step on it?

Along came a lady with her two dogs!

One of the dogs charged towards Glen and tried to jump on him haha.
I couldn't snap a clear photo but it was so cute! :)

We had a lovely, lovely time at the beach. :)

I'll be back, Sandy Point Beach! (Hopefully)
Please don't let mankind destroy your beauty!

We headed back to Watarah lodge to check out and took some selfies!
I have already sieved out the unglam ones and posted the better looking ones. ;)

<3

Onto Wilsons Prom we went!
Wilsons Promontory National Park was located just a distance away from our lodge.

Wilsons Promontory National Park
Wilsons Promontory 
VIC 3960

The park boasts an extensive and spectacular view of the coastlines, beaches, rainforest and wildlife.

You can also camp at the park! However, because of the popularity of the park, if you wish to camp at the park you'll need to submit a ballot. Originally, Glen and I wanted to stay at the accommodations provided at the park, but it was far too expensive! 

When we drove in, we climbed up to a small off-road lookout point and captured this immensely gorgeous view of the sea flanked by hills.

More views of the hills and the clear blue skies. 

This was nothing compared to the mountains of trees which we drove past on our road trip though.

I remember asking Glen what would someone do if they were stranded among the trees. :o

Imagine this photo magnified by a 100 times, and the shrubs are replaced with full grown trees!

We visited Squeaky Beach!

This beach is called squeaky beach because the sand will squeak when you step on it. 

At first, I didn't believe it until I heard the sand squeak with my own ears hahaha.

Here's me wearing our TCL Tribal Dungaree! We have other dungarees coming up, so don't worry if you have missed this. ;)

There were massive rocks found on the beach too! 

Glen's looking really tiny here compared to the rocks.

We are each standing on top of one here!

And my turn to look tiny against the big rocks hahaha. :p

I don't know why but Glen was pretty intrigued by the formation of the rocks and went around snapping more photos of them.

 

Scary looking barnacles!

 

We wanted to visit more places at the Prom but it started raining heavily so we left with our hearts contented and made our way down to Rosebud. 

More on dolphins, seals and pretty beach huts for day 3 in the next Melbourne post! :)

 While driving according to the GPS, we found a sign that pointed towards Grand Pacific Drive so we deviated from our route and went along this drive! The roads were really winding and they seemed to go on foreverrrrrr. I was really afraid that we were going to get lost because my phone couldn't receive any signals! ):

But...we finally found a scenic spot which overlooked the sea!! :)

Glen feeling so happy here hahaha. 

My photos look foggy because it was really foggy!
We drove through thick fog and it was really, really dangerous.

I swear we almost crashed into the car ahead of us because we couldn't see any signs / lights in the thick fog.

JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE FOG.

We should be thankful for clear skies in Singapore! We didn't continue on the Grand Pacific Drive because we were supposed to head to Illawarra Tree Top Walk!

If you wish to drive on the Grand Pacific Drive, I think it'll take about 2 - 3 hours to complete the drive.

Anyway, you'll have to pay about 25 AUD for the walk per pax.

  

I had my fun posing with these animal boards hehe. 

 

The Illawarra Fly Tree Top Walk is a 500m long, 25m high elevated tree top walk..so you can imagine how high above the ground we were. There is also a central tower which is about 50m above the ground and two cantilevered arms. We didn't go onto the arms because it started raining really heavily. :'( 

So after walking for about 100m, we'll reach the tree top walk!

The fog was really too thick to see any of the picturesque ocean / mountain view which we were supposed to see in summer!! :(

  

Glen was like, "I told you so!!!!" 

But well we drove almost 3 hours to reach this place, of course we had to go on the walk right? :p

 

Taking clearer photos before it started drizzling and raining. 

 

Here's presenting to you a mystical tree top walk experience...

  

So mystical...

 

And magical...

  

That all you see is...fog! 

 

Hmm I managed to get some closer photos of the tree...trunks? :o

  

And tree...branches? 

 

 We were supposed to get this gorgeous view as seen below hahaha!

But it's okay, an experience is still an experience.

I will still recommend this walk if the skies are clear and sunny!

  

 We were freezing cold after the walk but thank goodness there was a cafeteria so we could warm ourselves up with some food!

 

I tried to ask Glen to do a video of what I was doing below..but I failed so you'll only be able to see a video of me! We were watching this scary show (with murders and all) and I went "So scary..." and animated it! #dontjudge #justforlaughs 

 

After the walk, we drove down towards Narooma!

Surprisingly, it became damn sunny after we left Illawarra. -.-  

The views were gorgeous as usual. :) 

We made a pit stop along Greenfield Beach!  

White Sands of Greenfield Beach

Sutton Street

Vincentia

NSW 2540

The beaches in Australia are just sooo amazing and they have so many beaches.
From Bondi to Coogee to...many many others!

The sand along this beach is known to be white too. :)

It's one of the beaches where it is good to have a picnic or you can go surfing too!

 

#calm #lonely #longingfordolphins #lookingintothedistance #deepinthoughts

 #yay #freedom #saycheese

#gbventures :p

We made a pit stop for lunch too.

 Glen's fish and chips!

Just a word of caution for road trips, it is best to have at least 2 people who can take turns to drive.

I have a driving license but...well I am not really used to driving so Glen didn't let me drive at all until the end haha. 

Also, the passengers play an important role in ensuring that the driver doesn't fall asleep while driving. It can be really tiring after driving for 2 - 3 hours straight even if you make pit stops. 

Even though the scenery can be breath-taking, most of the time you'll see:

Trees.

And more trees!

I had to sing along to songs in super animated actions to amuse Glen and keep him awake. 

I was literally dancing and singing to the songs on the radio hahaha.

And..I also suggest you to create your own playlist because the Australian radio channels are repetitive (we can even guess what was the next song coming up on the radio). -.-

Keep talking to your driver so that he / she will be kept awake! :)

We finally reached Narooma!!!! 

 The view is too nice not to strike an otd with haha.

Top: TCL Bohemian Crochet Throwover in Cream

Bottom: ASOS

Slippers: Havanias

#yay #finally #ihatedrivingnow 

 #yay #moreprettypictures

For Narooma, our accommodation was Amooran Oceanside Apartments and Motel. 

 Amooran Oceanside Apartments and Motel

30 Montague Street

PO Box 159
Narooma NSW 2546

http://www.amooran.com/au

Images are taken from their website!

 

I think this is one of the best accommodations in Narooma.

Narooma is kinda like a retiree village to us because we saw so many old couples.

There are not many restaurants around either, and you'll have to take your dinner early because the shops close around 5 - 530pm?  

It gets totally pitch dark outside during the night too as they do not have street lamps! So you can't really tour around the area once night falls either. 

We booked the studio view apartment.

It is huge and I think at least 4 people can fit into this room haha.

We also woke up to another gorgeous sunrise the next morning, but no pictures because Glen couldn't manage to drag me out of bed. >< 

 Anyway, Narooma is known for its two sites of ancient geological significance and beauty at the ends of Sandy Beach - Glasshouse Rocks and Australian Rocks. 

I think the images we captured are the glasshouse rocks!
We couldn't find a way to go down to the beach tho. :(
These rocks are dated between 510 and 440 million years old and rival the 12 Apostles too.

That's quite a feat right? ;)

It looked pretty amazing from the top of the hill we were standing on.

A breathtaking view of the sea. 

Our motel was also situated outside a golf course!
Another otd moment haha.

Top: TCL Audrey Lace Crochet Top in Tiffany Mint

Blazer: H&M

Pants: ASOS

Shoes: New Look 

While driving out from Narooma, we spotted another scenic view!

 

 And this concludes part 1 of our Melbourne trip!
More next time! :)