We spent the next day driving back to Melbourne. Instead of driving back along the Great Ocean Road and seeing the same things again, we took an inland route that is faster and straighter. We made a detour in the morning to visit Otway Treetop Adventure Park. It is located in the rainforests of Otway National Park. There is a path that winds through the rainforest floor and then there is a treetop walk where you walk on an elevated walkway through the forest. They have a tower you can climb to get to the top of the canopy. It was a lot of stairs, and a long way down. The kids thought it was great fun, but my heart was definitely beating a little faster at the top. They also had a cantilever walkway, which means it is only anchored at one end. It moved a little too much for my liking and was a little unsettling knowing there was nothing supporting it from underneath.
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| Huge trees! |
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| Tower to the canopy |
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| Cantilever-no support on the end |
After we left Otway, we drove to the nearby Triplet Falls. Tom had noticed a sign when we arrived and wanted to check it out. There was a short hike to several different lookout spots to see the falls. The area was experiencing a drought. We actually saw many areas on the Great Ocean Road that had fallen victim to forest fire. I had read that the fires had closed parts of the road over the Christmas holidays. I imagine the waterfall is normally more plentiful, but it was still pretty and very calming listening to the rushing water.
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| This tree is probably about 300 years old |
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| Checking to see if the Berenstain Bears are inside |
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| In front of Triplet Falls. |
Then we headed back to Melbourne to spend the night.
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