Date: June 25th, 2015
We're supposed to take the 5.30am tram from Maribyrnong so that we could drop our bags at the hostel and meet up at the pick up point for our GOR trip. Although the tram & train will only take an hour, but being that it's rush hour and we need to drop by at the hostel first, we need some buffer.
Of course, that didn't go according to plan hehe. We woke up at 5am and only boarded the tram at 6am hahahaha! We were quite puzzled on how to board the tram there since it was totally different from I knew.
In Melbourne CBD (city business district), there are proper tram stops/station along the route. It was the same in Adelaide CBD. However, apparently in the suburb, there is none. Of course they still share the same road with the cars. So what u do is u basically wait at the bus stops (with the bus pole) and when the tram arrive, u just flagged it down. In our case, the tram stopped for us. Right in the middle of the road. Luckily it was 6am with no heavy traffic LOL.
We had to stop at the end of the station to board the train. This was easy as we only need to follow the crowd. You can actually see the train station from the tram station, right across the street. By then, the rush hour crowd has gathered. The train was packed with people and we're the only one with huge backpacks on our back. We didn't managed to get a seat for the earlier part of the 30minutes journey. It was a relief when we finally did.
Anyway, we reached Flinders St. Station at around 6.45am. We ran to the Greenhouse Backpackers hostel, dropped our bag and ran to the St. Paul Cathedral for the 7.10am pick up. We were lucky that Greenhouse is only 200m away from the station and the Cathedral was just across the street. Phewww, just on time.
The tour operator picked us up and dropped us at the main office to join with the rest of the group. We left with a big van around 8am. There were around 12 of us in the group and our driver was also the tour guide.
Some highlights of the trip-
We returned back to the office at around 7.30pm. Since it's still early, we decided to go to the Eureka building for the skydeck. Last entry to the building is at 9.30pm and it closes at 10pm. So we got plenty of time to spend...
Tour Operator: Friendly Backpacker Travel (http://travel.greenhousebackpacker.com.au/)
Tour Package: $170 Great Ocean Road + Phillips Island (free Skydeck ticket).
We're supposed to take the 5.30am tram from Maribyrnong so that we could drop our bags at the hostel and meet up at the pick up point for our GOR trip. Although the tram & train will only take an hour, but being that it's rush hour and we need to drop by at the hostel first, we need some buffer.
Of course, that didn't go according to plan hehe. We woke up at 5am and only boarded the tram at 6am hahahaha! We were quite puzzled on how to board the tram there since it was totally different from I knew.
In Melbourne CBD (city business district), there are proper tram stops/station along the route. It was the same in Adelaide CBD. However, apparently in the suburb, there is none. Of course they still share the same road with the cars. So what u do is u basically wait at the bus stops (with the bus pole) and when the tram arrive, u just flagged it down. In our case, the tram stopped for us. Right in the middle of the road. Luckily it was 6am with no heavy traffic LOL.
We had to stop at the end of the station to board the train. This was easy as we only need to follow the crowd. You can actually see the train station from the tram station, right across the street. By then, the rush hour crowd has gathered. The train was packed with people and we're the only one with huge backpacks on our back. We didn't managed to get a seat for the earlier part of the 30minutes journey. It was a relief when we finally did.
Anyway, we reached Flinders St. Station at around 6.45am. We ran to the Greenhouse Backpackers hostel, dropped our bag and ran to the St. Paul Cathedral for the 7.10am pick up. We were lucky that Greenhouse is only 200m away from the station and the Cathedral was just across the street. Phewww, just on time.
Some highlights of the trip-
- Stunning coastal views and golden surf beaches. Surf Coast region of Victoria
- Iconic Cape Otway Lighthouse, mainland Australia’s oldest lighthouse.
- Pass through coastal towns of Lorne, Apollo Bay and Port Campbell
- Look out for koalas and native birds (King Parrots and Sulphur Crested Cockatoos) in the wild!
- Step down to the beach at Gibson Steps , gateway to the Twelve Apostles
- Loch Ard Gorge
- World famous 12 Apostles
cape otway lighthouse
12 Apostles - there has never been 12 of them..
Loch Ard Gorge
Gibson Steps
We returned back to the office at around 7.30pm. Since it's still early, we decided to go to the Eureka building for the skydeck. Last entry to the building is at 9.30pm and it closes at 10pm. So we got plenty of time to spend...
Tour Operator: Friendly Backpacker Travel (http://travel.greenhousebackpacker.com.au/)
Tour Package: $170 Great Ocean Road + Phillips Island (free Skydeck ticket).
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