One of the more surprising aspects of driving the Great Ocean Road is the amount of wildlife that is visible if you keep your eyes open. Kangaroos on this golf course are well known, but wallabies standing dumbly beside the road chewing the cud, koalas hanging like fat furry fruit in roadside eucalypts [with intellects about equal to a ripe apricot], parrots, cockatoos and many other birds are a pleasant distraction from the substantial distances this drive requires.
