Along the GOR, we went as far as the seaside town of Warrnambool before turning inland into the mountain region called the Grampians. The beauty about self-drive holidays is the ability to stop anywhere along the way to take in the wonders of Nature. Thus, we were lucky enough to spot wild koalas in the tree canopy on the Otway Cape and a koala mother & baby(on piggy-back) crossing a country road en route to Halls Gap, Grampians.After hiking the Grampians, we had an interesting one-night stopover in Ballarat on our way back to Melbourne. 30 years ago on our honeymoon, we had no luck panning for gold. This round, we learnt the right technique and caught gold fever in the old mining town on Sovereign Hill. We also had time to gawk at real gold artefacts in the amazing Gold Museum.
