Lorne and Erskine Falls

Not much sleep was had last night as it became warm and muggy .  We had a mozzie battle on our hands not sure who won but the mozzies suffered severe fatalities.

Today we set of in the direction of Lorne , although a short trip it took us some time as there where many road works due to all the landslides this area of the Great Ocean Road suffered 5 weeks ago when we where first due to travel it.  Today we where racing the rain as we wanted to look at some of the waterfalls that the Otway Ranges are famous for.  We called into Lorne, that seems to be a trendy seaside town  that would suit the young cafe latte types.  It had a lovely bay area  with green parklands and playgrounds including a trampolining area.

 Up the hill we went in search of Erskine Falls, the road surprisingly took as on a steep decent of the mountain.  We found Erskine falls without to much trouble, donned our wet weather gear and checked them out first from the look out, then we decended the steps  down to the bottom.  It was all very beautiful and rainforestie especially with the rain.  Once down the bottom, the junior Red Elephants hopped and leaped from rock to rock and back again crossing the river.  At  one stage Soccer Boy skidded from view behind an mossy rock only to pop up again before he slid from view again  holding Mr Red Elephants phone high in the air.  He popped again to be covered in mud but the phone was safe.  The falls drop from a cliff top way above our heads.  Up the steps we went again , The juniors Red Elephants counted 128 steps, I thought wouldn't you add another 2 to make an even 130!!

Back to the van we returned the rain had well and truly set in by the this stage.  The afternoon was spent catching up on journals and Blog pages.  Sporty Elephant bankrupted her parents in a game of monopoly before we settled in to watch one of our favourite movies Hairspray.