Erskine Falls

We made our first official stop along the Great Ocean Road at Lorne, a popular tourist destination. We had a quick lunch outside and enjoyed our view. What is pretty cool about the towns along the Great Ocean Road is that there are none with high rise hotels so they feel smaller and more intimate.

Erskine Falls is close to Lorne. We had seen a picture of the Falls in one of the tourist books and in terms of the waterfall itself, what we saw when we got there was a bit disappointing compared to that picture. I don’t know if that is because the photo is enhanced, if it is a seasonal thing, or if it is from lack of rain. As you can see from the photos, it was still beautiful.

You can walk along the rocks to get up to the Falls. I got about half-way and then it got pretty treacherous and thought I would rather not spend the rest of the holiday getting air-lifted to a hospital. My traveling companions have a terrible fear of snakes and when someone pointed out that a brown snake had just crossed their path, they ran to safety as well, literally.