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Continue from my previous post, our next destination is Port Campbell National Park.
 
Most of the tourists will take Great Ocean Road (From Geelong -> Torquay -> Anglesea -> Lorne -> Apollo Bay) to reach Port Campbell National Park. You will see great ocean view along this road. [Picture Source]

 
But, we didnt take this road due to the bendy road curling around the coast line. We worried the kids will feel dizzy. [Picture Source]
 
 
So, we skipped Great Ocean Road and travel via Geelong Highway. It took approximately 2.5 hours to travel 190km from Melbourne to Apollo Bay. If not mistaken, the route we used was from Geelong -> Winchelsea -> Colac -> Apollo Bay. You can refer to the map below for clearer picture. Our destination were Port Campbell National Park & Twelve Apostles which has highlighted with blue color.
 
 
Hehe… Let’s start our journey.
 
 
After 2 hours journey, all of us were looking for toilet! We stopped by here. The view here not bad right?


After that, we continued our journey.
 
 
Along the way, we passed by alot farmlands. We saw alot animals such as goats, sheep, horses and cows in the fields. We stopped by here while we saw hundreds of cows in this field!
 
 
We have limited time, so, we just stopped by a while to take photo.
 
 
It was nice to drive along this long road.
 
 
We continued our journey again. Do you see something on the road?It was not leaking oil from car, not water..But what’s that???
  
 
Reached Port Campbell National Park…
 
The Port Campbell National Park is a protected national park in Victoria, Australia, 190 kilometres south-west of Melbourne; featuring an array of sheer cliffs overlooking offshore islets, rock stacks, gorges, arches, and blow-holes.[1] As part of the Shipwreck Coast,[2] it hosts several tourist attractions; including The Twelve Apostles, the London Arch (formerly London Bridge), Loch Ard Gorge, the Gibson Steps, and The Grotto. [Source]

 
Nice place!

 
 
Great ocean view!
 
 
Group photo!
 
 
Me and myself. “V” !
 
 
Very cold.
 
 
After 10 minutes drive, we reached Twelve Apostles. One of the tourist attractions in Port Campell National Park.
 
 
On the way walking to the lookup point.
 
 
All of us quickly stanby to take picture while we saw a beautiful view.
 
 
We are so excited because of this beautiful view. I love this view the most but too bad our time at here was just short.
 
 
♥ Me and my mummy ♥
 
 
My mummy was so happy :)
 
 
The main focus is the view but not us! Haha.
 
 
Amber looked so cool!
 
 
Hey, my little queen and king. Both of you have blocked my face! So heavy to carry both of you. LOL
 
 
Happy family
 
 
Nice hor~
 
 
Amber looked great in this photo.
 
 
Sister and brother-in-law.
 
 
Sunset at Twelve Apostle.
 
 
My sister-in-law.
 
 
My brother and sister-in-law.
 
 
I love this picture ♥ The best photo which taken by my hubby.
 
 
One thing to highlight to you. If you plan to visit Port Cambell National Park. Remember to start your journey as earlier as you can. So that you will have enough time to cover whole park. Port Cambell National Park opens from 10am to 5:30pm. We only have 1 ~ 2 hours here. Thus, we missed alot tourist attractions such as the London Arch (formerly London Bridge), Loch Ard Gorge, Gibson Steps, The Grotto. All the places here has a nice view!
 
You can click here if you wan to see more pictures of Port Campbell National Park.
 
Around 5pm, we have to go back because we need another 2 hours drive back to Geelong. We will have our dinner here.
 
Hog’s Breathe Cafe
Shop MM1A West Westfield Geelong
23 Yarra Street
Geelong VIC 3220
Website : http://www.hogsbreath.com.au
Trading Hours: Open 11:30am – Late 7 days
Ph: (03) 5221 4661
 
Kids are busying on colouring!
 
 
There was an artist painted Kai Bin’s face and then gave him. So nice.
 
 
Yu Hong’s colouring task.
 
 
Yu Ming’s colouring task.
 
 
The logo of “HOG’S BREATHE CAFE”.
 
 
My mama.
 
 
My Hubby. Handsome bo? Lol
 
 
We at Hog’s Breathe Cafe.
 
 
Amber.
 
 
Kids eat free! All day Monday & Tuesday! But today was Friday, so no free :) .
 
 
However, today kid’s meals came with a FREE glass of Coca-Cola, Lift, Sprite or Orange Juice, plus two FREE scoops of ice cream for dessert! I have tried the ice cream. Yummy! Kid’s meal around AUD8.95 per set.
 
 
Hickory Smoked Prime Rib (AUD 29.95). My brother said : “Nice!”
 
 
Chicken Caesar Wrap (AUD12.95). My sister-inlaw said :”Very nice!”.
 
 
Chicken Mushroom (AUD21.50)
 
 
Hoggies Fish & Chips (AUD23.95)
 
 
Tortellini & Prawns (AUD26.95)
 
 
Crispy Chicken Burger (AUD $12.75).
 
 
Overall the food here was nice! Our totall bill is around 190AUD for 14 peoples. This morning our breakfast for 7 persons also cost 60AUD already. So the price at Hog’s Breathe Cafe consider reasonable.
 
Besides Australia, you can also find Hog’s Breathe Cafe also in Singapore or Thailand. Here’s the website in Singapore: http://www.hogsbreath.com.sg/. They have promotion such as :
 
Monday Madness : Buy 1 get 1 free
Wicked Wednesday : 1/2 price cocktails
$30 Thursday : $30 set meal plus beer and wine
Premium Sunday : Beers at $8 & Kids Eat FREE!
$10 Nett Set Lunch : Hog’s Breathe Robertson Walk.
 
After a full meal, we continued our journey to Melbourne city. We reached Melbourne city around 11pm. We parked our car opposite the Federation Square. Whole night parking rate is AUD16. But cannot exceeded 6 am. Else there will be an additional charge AUD16! So, tomorrow we have to get the car before 6am!!!
 
 
While walking back to Hotel Formule 1, we passed by a church – St Paul’s Cathedral.
 
 
A very unique building.
 
 
The blue light tower – Art Centre.
 
 
Flinders Station which very near our hotel!
 
 
That’s all for our day 2 ~ Tomorrow we will wake up at 5am and start our journey at 6am :) Can we? Hehe.. Let’s see…

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2 Responses to “Melbourne in Winter Day 2 Part II”

  1. Joyce Says:

    Hi,

    I really enjoyed your blog. Isit possible to email me your itinerary for both Melbourne pls? Thank you.

  2. QiQi Says:

    Hi, for Melbourne I do not have the itinerary, it was planned by my sister, probably you can check out the details from my blog :P or u may ask me if you have enquiries, I see if I still remember :P

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