The way to Apollo Bay on Great Ocean Road.
グレートオーシャンロード前半。アポロベイまで。









There were unexpectedly some upping down, so I needed to work harder than I thought. There were many limestone tower looking rocks stood in the ocean. The contrast of white rock and cloud, blue sky and greenish ocean were very beautiful.
予想以上のアップダウンが・・・しんどい。けど、やっぱり海沿いは気持ちが良い。石灰岩が削られてできた奇岩が海の中からニョキニョキ飛び出ている。石灰岩の白っぽい色と、海の緑がかった青、空の青と雲の白が混ざり合ってとても綺麗だ。


Although it was supposed to be an offseason, there were still many tourists. Especially, the number of Chinese surprises me. If the place where i was was unknown, I would think it was in China.
オフシーズンに入っていても観光客だらけ。特に中国人の量には驚かされる。ここが何処ななのかわからなければ、多分中国だと思うだろう。




After half of great ocean road. The road goes along the beachside. There were supposed to be Koala spotting, but I couldn't find any unfortunately..
グレートオーシャンロード後半。後半はTorquayまで海岸線を張り付くように進む。この辺りはコアラを見つけやすらしいが。一日中眠っている彼等を見つけるのはかなり難しい。残念だが見つける事はできなかった。








Torquay is the town located at the end of Great Ocean Road. This town is only 100km away from Melbourne. I had a reunion with Australian friend, Matt. This reunion was another thing that I had been looking forward to on this trip.
そしてグレートオーシャンロードの最終地Torquayに到着。ここからメルボルンまでは自転車で1日の距離。ここで2年ぶりにオーストラリアの友人、マットとの再開を果たした。



I met him in May, 2012 after Japan had a big earth quake. We worked in same NGO for disaster recovery process and were same group. At that time, the town, Ishinomaki, was totally devastated. We had been covered by sludge everyday for cleaning. He is one of few foreign people who shared same experience with us. Now, he came back to Australia and studying architecture. Looked he was always busy for studying and surfing.
When we took a bike ride around town, I found that he had a same kind of Tire that I was supposed to buy. Surprisingly, he gave it to me. It was so lucky for me.
As appreciation, I changed his crank-set and restored rear deraillure and shifter.
マットとは石巻の災害支援で同じグループで働き、まだ災害から1ヶ月程の荒れ果てた石巻市内を毎日ヘドロまみれになって働いた同士だ。彼は建築専攻の学生、来年卒業予定らしい。毎日勉強大変そうだが頑張ってもらいたい。
そして、思いがけなくこれから買う予定だったタイヤを彼から頂く事が出来た。本当偶然で、町を自転車で走りに行く時に気付いて「あ！これ欲しかったんだよな～」って言ったら、タダでもらう事ができた。本当にありがたい話だ。全くタダっていうのも申し訳ないんで、お礼に自分は彼のマウンテンバイクのクランクセット交換と、フロントディレーラー・シフターを交換させて頂いた。


I had a really good time in Torquay and headed to Meruborune.
そんなわけでTorquayで懐かしい話に花を咲かせた所でメルボルンに向かうのであった。