I drove 9h+ yesterday from Melbourne all along this great ocean road toward the 12 apostles. It’s a helluva of a drive with 180 degree hairpins. Not good for my body on frame truck (ford Everest) that I rented.

I wouldn’t really recommend this ocean road drive. The road surface is super bumpy and the views are more epic on the Oregon coast

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If I took a direct route from Melbourne it would have only been 3h one way. But instead I took the ocean road which ended up being 5.5h and another 3h to go back home via the direct route. What a day

Heh I loved the GOR, sure it's not as scenic as California's highway 1 or even Sea to Sky but it's got this end of the world feeling that's pretty awesome.

Watch out for speed cameras in the backroads of Victoria though, I got 2 tickets going 1 km/h over the speed limit waiting for me in the mail when I got home.

Says views are not epic, proceeds to post epic views

I did that drive for my honeymoon. I thought it was great minus a fucking bus who won't let me pass, and I had a miserable 1.6 Corolla that didn't have enough power to force the issue.

Looks a lot like the algarve

what? no dingo pics?

Were these taken on an iPhone 7? :suspicious:

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is this similar experience to say Hawaii's / Maui's Road to Hanna.
people say it was epic water fall but it takes 2 hours of curves / turns / one days that made the experience shit...

I had the opposite experience to you - I did the GOR from Melbourne but split it up into 2 days. Was an epic drive, I enjoyed the curves in the Polestar 2 that I rented. Those 60 -> 30kph hairpins were so much fun, and the P2 handled the bumps just fine.

Posting P2 review in EV thread soon

I guess the takeaway is that compromising on car rentals for vacation isn't worth it for nitpicking enthusiasts like us.

That's a heck of a lot of time and money spent on a trip out to Australia for Hobz not to enjoy the twisties the way Roast got to.

To this day I still regret that I had to turn around on the F-road up to Þórsmörk (Thor's Valley), on a trip to Iceland. Just because we had a Kia Sportage (which to be fair, was actually pretty excellent for every other of the 8 days we spent driving Ring Road). Which had not-great ground clearance and was getting too sketchy. So much so that I can't shake the feeling I have to go back one day. Just to do it right :/.

I mean, I think I got a smoking deal for my Polestar 2 - I paid $250 for the 5 days, and charging for 1200km cost me roughly 87CAD. Gas car would've cost me twice that in gas alone.

Good to know EV rentals are still very affordable in Australia.

I did the same GOR stretch in a diesel Staria - it didn't have power but everyone was going slow anyway, so more power would've made no difference.
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All dem Sydney Sweeney walking around and you’re taking pics of rocks.

Lol I think you mean Margot Robbies. Sydney Sweeney is from Spokane.

Isn’t Margot’s South African ?! Like a Elon

Dude you're the one obsessed with blondes like her, you tell me!

Hobz got better weather than I went the first time to the 12 Apostles - my first visit was wet, windy and wild. I kind of liked it more as it felt moodier, and we got to see a bonus wedding that was quite unique.

I ended up editing the photos into B&W as they felt more fitting to the mood of the day.

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Sorry will stop spamming thread.

Hobz btw do NOT go into the Leica gallery/store on Little Collins St.

Repeat, do NOT DO IT - DO NOT SET FOOT IN THERE!!!!

Definitely DO NOT LET THEM PUT A RANGEFINDER M11 IN YOUR HAND!!!

That’s not spam !!! Your shots are gorgeous. More pics !!!!!

Me wanna go to leica naaaoooooo !!!

His Canon gear is probably in a trash can somewhere in the middle of nowhere Australia now. :lol

I finally got pictures of that fuzzy STD ridden drop bear. It’s lazy as fuck

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They said not to take any photos. But I’m Chinese and I don’t speak any Engrish. So shaddup. I wanna kick these little footballs back into the ocean. They are sooooo cute !!!!

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They took their hobo alley and made it a tourist attraction. Imagine if we did that with out DTES and all the Wackjobs popping out of the alleys.

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This dude looks like me after eating a buffet. I don’t see how they can be so disease ridden when they hardly have the energy to fuck.

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Went to a farm as part of the whole penguin, koala, trip and it’s amazing watching these animals. I milked a cow, saw this sheep get its ass kicked by Margot Robbie and this sheep dog working. I wonder if my chihuahua would be able to chase these sheep.

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Almost ran over these bouncy rats

Having quite the adventure down under there sir, great pics!

Hobs bringin' in tha thundah from down undah!

I’d go take more shots of blondes on beaches or strip clubs but wife says we have blondes and strip clubs at home ….

Lame

But these ones swirl and twirl the other way

inb4 badhobz moves to australia because same time zone as chinar