Apollo Bay, Otway Rainforest

The weather has gotten back to more moderate temperatures of mid twenties. Perfect for our planned outing into the Otway National Park Rainforest which is located between Apollo Bay and the Otway Lighthouse Park.

The ‘Mait Rainforest Park’ as it is officially called is superbly laid out for visitors – there are groomed walkways and boardwalks with sturdy bridges over streams and gorges. All around us were huge ferns in various green shades that looked like big palm trees and even bigger Ash trees, some over 100 m high and 300 years old. It was absolutely breathtaking. The play of light and shade in this thick green jungle was a photographer’s delight. Breathing in the fresh clean air a relief for our lungs.

After our rainforest walk we drove back to Apollo Bay for an al fresco picnic in the town’s park, watching the goings-on all around us: Tourists like ourselves enjoying the beach, wind and waves, kids playing in the park’s playground, inhabitants rushing to shop for last minute Christmas presents.

After dinner we took another long walk on our house beach, taking lots of sunset pictures. We decided to stay here another day and leave for Canberra on Boxing Day.