Thursday, November 19, 2015

Trembling before the Great Ocean Road

Still the same, between the ocean white waves gush 8 limestone structure lied, with the highest reaching column 40 m asl.

Many years ago, when new to Melbourne, city culture and symbolizes the history of Australia, I always hear the buzz of international students to the beauty of the Great Ocean Road (translation: Great Ocean Road ) than 100km from Melbourne.
Twice student there at the time I was two splendid natural beauty makes overwhelmed.
Now, after ten years, I decided to bring my family to visit the old place.
But, my heart was aging over time.
Is heart was still trembling at the beauty of a road has become a legend?


Australian traffic

From Melbourne, we hire self-drive cars.
Early morning departure day, while we were still eating breakfast, Jim, good-hearted people you Australia (for the whole family we shelter these days), constantly urging us to hurry up lest he was stuck in traffic. "Eight hours is rush hour.
This season is very busy, "he said.
We hurried up the street, trying fastest but could only leave the house at eight o'clock in the morning right. Bon bon vehicles through the streets, across the avenue, headed towards Geelong.
I and my husband looked at each other: "Oh, what a traffic jam?".
Then the two laughed.
The concept of "traffic" in Australia was different in Vietnam.
After having tasted the traffic jam in Hanoi and Saigon, with us, the way a well-ventilated Australia. During three weeks of traveling here, I do not see where traffic jams, although Australians lament, wail any,.

After driving range of 100 km, our left hand side, appear green sea brim, gush.
The white waves spill over the cliff, covered with wildflowers.
I turned to the window, let the aroma and generous outpouring of transgression full chest.
Nature appeared truly majestic and magical.
So we're in Great Ocean Road - one of the most beautiful roads of Australia (and the world).
Great Ocean Road also special in that it was built by the hands and minds of tens of thousands of Australian veterans - those returning from the First World War.
Completed in 1932, the main part of the Great Ocean Road stretches 243 km, the most beautiful part lies between Port Campbell and Peterborough.
This is part of the Port Campbell National Park, famous for population mysterious limestone columns lied between sea, so beautiful that it is honoring them as the "12 apostles of God" ( 12 Apostles).
But prior to his famous 12 Apostles, we can stop at numerous beaches along the coastal path.

Listen to the surf effusive, to caress the surface wind, sea tasted on the tongue numb all day. Photo: NPQM

And other varieties Cuc Phuong

Although no time look at all these places, but we can touch the sea and the forest whenever.
Stop the car on the way, we along a path down to the sea.
A majestic landscape spread before my eyes.
Deep sea and blue sky as vanish together.
The flap spills down the hill with the blue sea of ​​trees, white, yellow, red flowers.
These rocks undulating sands dotted with smooth yellow, and white waves gush.
Two of my children would come to between the cliffs, eager to discover a wealth of snails, crabs and seaweed.

Continue along the Great Ocean Road, our car suddenly acres in a vast forested space. Roadside signs are detailed instructions squeezed through forest trails that tourists can walk expedition.
Select a location, we Parking at the dump.
Two kids home I immediately opened the door, disappeared into the forest.
Follow me, I stepped into a rainforest populations including ferns growing along the side aisles gnarled and towering palm trees.
I inhaled deeply the smell of wet leaves on the chest position, eyes toward the eucalyptus tree lined. With any luck, I'll find a koala koala perched high above eucalyptus leaves to nibble. But do not think that the koala that only colorful birds are passed branches, chirping.
And with the huge trunk with huge roots forming a large and deep caves, where dozens of people could squeeze.
My son ran from the cave to the cave roots other plant roots, gurgling just let me see the funny shapes of nature.
The scene here was fantastic, much less Cuc Phuong National Forest.
However, unlike the Cuc Phuong, it does not have a piece of garbage, and no one to leave his name on the stem or trunk of old as in Cuc Phuong.

After a half hour of trekking, we returned the car, was hungry belly.
Half an hour later, look at a small town along the way, I find a fish and chips shop (Fish and fries). As one of the famous dish of the UK, fish and chips were "imported" into Australia since Australia was a British colony.
But surely this dish in Australia is very different: fresh fish from the sea are taken, filtered into pieces no bone fillet, dipped in flour prepared with eggs, pepper, salt, beer chilled or buttermilk (fresh milk brewed with yeast lactic acid bacteria) and then fried so crisp.

Holding the pieces of fish and a hot potato on hand, neatly wrapped in brown paper, we cross the street, look toward the sea.
Sitting on the sand under a bush, surf outpouring ear, sea breeze caress on his face, I tasted all day sea numbness on her tongue.
I understand why fish and chips is a favorite dish fast food like everywhere in Australia and see the fish and chips shop, especially along the coast.

2 of the 12 "apostles of God". Photo: NPQM

"12 apostles of God"

Feasting, us up towards the famous wonders of Australia - Port Campbell National Park and the "12 apostles of God".
This is where my heart was arrhythmic the girls, and I nervously wondered whether the figure of 2 million tourists come here every year whether to make the fading beauty of one of the places that I love the most .
But all my concerns disappeared quickly along the sea breeze.
Still the same, between the ocean white waves gush 8 limestone structure lied, with the highest reaching column 40 m asl.
Under a deep blue sky dotted with white clouds drifting lazy, the spectrum chirping remote ocean depths rushing back, launching himself into the protruding limestone blocks, forming silver wave white screen.
I stood mesmerized by the beauty of the earth and sky.
A mist that covered up "the apostle of God," where the sun shimmering through, magical.

Standing in places with sweeping views, I see strange shapes and vivid of limestone pillars: a sail tension on the water, a woman face towards the sea, a tower waist high in the middle, a square was created pieces of plugging into the sea ... For thousands of years, the wind, rain and sea waves have eroded the soft limestone cliffs, forming caves, then we landslides , leave the marine limestone columns today.
On each of the columns, some still grows lush vegetation, and waves have sculpted the wonderful circle around the stone body.

Not just today, but from very ancient times, the population of this limestone was so popular that nearly 100 years ago, it was named "mother pig and piglet herd" (Sow and Piglets).
But then, because of its miraculous formation makes one think of the miraculous hand of the Creator, so the population is renamed "12 apostles of God".
However, because the speed of the waves erode very large (the pillars eroded the average 2 cm per year), only 8 out of limestone columns protruding from the sea.
Most recently, a 50 m high column dated 03.07.2005 collapse.

I have known early on helicopters.
Those who pile of cash can hire a helicopter to inspect populations limestone.
In the footsteps of other tourists, we followed the 86 stairs leading down to the coast.
And behold, the "Apostle of God" is looming there, very close to me, just a few dozen meters of where I stand.
Waves have launched themselves into the columns of white limestone.
Beach stretches where I stand as timeless, one side is the abundance of sea waves and wind, a cliff side is higher than 70m (that's on the Great Ocean Road).

Trembling before the Great Ocean Road Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Phạm Hoàng Nam

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