After moving to melbourne we did some couple of good trips to Gold Coast and today we did the most anticipated and quite famous "Great Ocean Drive". Some gave a big "haveto go" nods while quite a few gave a "hmmmm.. not so great" nods but overall its a experience that has to be done, so that we can give a "been there done that" look.
Its been 7 months and exactly on the 1st day after that date I had the privelege to go with Bernd Dittrich. Being in the small developing world of TM and also the having a passionate SAP resource inhouse sure does have peaks :)
My brother has been friends with Bernd for a very long time and Linfox has called them for a development assistance to kick-off the most crucial project going live in April.
Ram hired a car the previous night and planned to start for the drive the next morning at 10 AM. But as anticipated we had a quick TM talk for about just 3 hours about the new designs going to be implemented for a new Rail company and the problems Bernd was solving when he was down at our work in that week. I am stopping myself into getting into the details now, cause non-TM readers, I dont want to bore you guys :P
So we gotup at 10AM and I went for a quick swim and were all set by 11AM. By that time Ram picked Bernd from his hotel which is couple of blocks away from our place. So we had a nice breakfast in this cafe on our way to appolo bay.
It was a close to 300 km drive from Dorcas street , melbourne to port campbell.
We were told that the drive to 12 apostles would take us 4 hrs to 4 and half hours but in the morning Ram told us that its just 2 hrs 40 mins (google maps). Turns out Ram keyed in the wrong place. As apollo bay is just a stop on the way to port campbell which is where the 12 apostles are actually located. Anyways the drive wasnt that bad. It was a nice relaxing comfy (good leg spaced car) ride.
The best part of sitting in the back seat is you can sleep whenever you want to and look around when you feel like. I would say its a perfect holiday for the weekend. With the right music on i would say its AWESOmEE :D
So we stopped at 12:30 PM for breakfast at this cafe and it had garden at the backyard with lots of plants for sale. We actually thought of buying some but personally maintaining the house and taking care of me is such a huge job in itself and another plant in the house is like a baby. As much as i wanted to buy strawberry and tomato plants and some decorative plants I wasn't sure if i can do it right now.
Anyways took our coffees and headed for the drive and Bernd talked about the teams in waldorf thats working for TM and we had forty winks and by the time we woke poor Ram figured out the route inspite of loosing the track.
After going to the apostles by 5 ish we went to the helicopter ride right away and we were relieved that its open till 6. We had options to do a 7 seater ride where we had to wait for 2 more to come. But the 3 seater sounded better as we get to sit near the windows. This ride takes us around the 12 apostles and it was a 15 mins ride for $145. The change from the last time Ram has been there is the video. They give a tour video in USB for the passengers if we pay 45$ and it sounded good.
All for vain we got the tickets and had our lifejackets on too. And the bloddy flies were pretty annoying. Had to keep them driving away. It was starting to get a little foggy. We waited for what looked like a looongg 15 minutes
We saw the guys who did their heli ride and were quite excited to get into ours. and the bad news broke. Its too foggy and they cant take us in the air as its against the rules and he asked us to hope that the clouds clear away before 6 PM. Sad but a little hopeful we went to look at the apostles.
It was pretty scenic. The sea water cuts away the rock and after years they are cut-off from the land its connected to and there comes the apostles. There were 12 of them at some time in history and now its come down to 7 of them. All together its a picture-must spot and no wonder movie folks do come here for good shots.
After the clicks the sun started to rise again and we had hope that the pilots would run their helicopters for our fun ride.
Sadly it dint happen and we ended up getting refunded in cash.
Then we thought we could for some other views from different spots and there were London bridge and Loch and Gorge.
Loch and Gorge is a place where a group of people from ireland had a shipwreck in the same spot and only 2 survived. A lady Eva and a gentelman Tom. (Quite easy to remember ;) )
History says that there was a cave and the lady was nursed by Tom. Finally the localites saved them from the misery.
The view was quite fantastic view as well.
On our way back we stopped at a cafe bistro run by a french couple. Had margarita Pizza and talked a little about the human resources we might get in touch with in the near future from SAP, bootcamp trainings and stuff. At 8:30 we started back home and on the way in the car Bernd played some good songs from his son's playlist. I picked up that there's a musician called Peter Fox (sounds funny if you know Linfox) and Ylvi's What does fox say? (Watch the video . definatly funny)
PETER FOX
What does the FOX say???
What are the odds that i liked songs that have FOX in that. ??#Shrug#
Another not so FOxxyy song is
Oh Johnnyy
While coming back ram saw a koala bear sitting on the line diving the to and fro traffic and its eyes shined and he saw it for a split second. After going for 2 kms we came back and we got back and saw that it was still sitting there.
Bernd got down immediately and took some pics as his son loves koala (He calls the koala toy he has as Rob :D ). His 8 year old one actually asked him to get one and he had a neat covercup that it was fast and got onto the tree when he tried to catch it with this pic
I think its way way better to see a koala on the road this way than seeing it in the zoo. And we slept a lot on our way and good music (cowboy music) and finally after a cosy night drive we came to city by 12:40.
It was a great trip all-together. With Bernd around and his expereinces, his stories, how he came to SAP and his past, how he met his wife and kids, his passion and interests, I can tottaly say that he's not someone i come across everyday.
That was a good experience that i have shared and the best part is i have stayed till 3:52 in the morning to get the pics uploaded and write up this blog. I finally started it and hoping to bring up the old best moments i have had onto this blog .
Its been 7 months and exactly on the 1st day after that date I had the privelege to go with Bernd Dittrich. Being in the small developing world of TM and also the having a passionate SAP resource inhouse sure does have peaks :)
My brother has been friends with Bernd for a very long time and Linfox has called them for a development assistance to kick-off the most crucial project going live in April.
Ram hired a car the previous night and planned to start for the drive the next morning at 10 AM. But as anticipated we had a quick TM talk for about just 3 hours about the new designs going to be implemented for a new Rail company and the problems Bernd was solving when he was down at our work in that week. I am stopping myself into getting into the details now, cause non-TM readers, I dont want to bore you guys :P
So we gotup at 10AM and I went for a quick swim and were all set by 11AM. By that time Ram picked Bernd from his hotel which is couple of blocks away from our place. So we had a nice breakfast in this cafe on our way to appolo bay.
It was a close to 300 km drive from Dorcas street , melbourne to port campbell.
We were told that the drive to 12 apostles would take us 4 hrs to 4 and half hours but in the morning Ram told us that its just 2 hrs 40 mins (google maps). Turns out Ram keyed in the wrong place. As apollo bay is just a stop on the way to port campbell which is where the 12 apostles are actually located. Anyways the drive wasnt that bad. It was a nice relaxing comfy (good leg spaced car) ride.
The best part of sitting in the back seat is you can sleep whenever you want to and look around when you feel like. I would say its a perfect holiday for the weekend. With the right music on i would say its AWESOmEE :D
So we stopped at 12:30 PM for breakfast at this cafe and it had garden at the backyard with lots of plants for sale. We actually thought of buying some but personally maintaining the house and taking care of me is such a huge job in itself and another plant in the house is like a baby. As much as i wanted to buy strawberry and tomato plants and some decorative plants I wasn't sure if i can do it right now.
Anyways took our coffees and headed for the drive and Bernd talked about the teams in waldorf thats working for TM and we had forty winks and by the time we woke poor Ram figured out the route inspite of loosing the track.
After going to the apostles by 5 ish we went to the helicopter ride right away and we were relieved that its open till 6. We had options to do a 7 seater ride where we had to wait for 2 more to come. But the 3 seater sounded better as we get to sit near the windows. This ride takes us around the 12 apostles and it was a 15 mins ride for $145. The change from the last time Ram has been there is the video. They give a tour video in USB for the passengers if we pay 45$ and it sounded good.
All for vain we got the tickets and had our lifejackets on too. And the bloddy flies were pretty annoying. Had to keep them driving away. It was starting to get a little foggy. We waited for what looked like a looongg 15 minutes
We saw the guys who did their heli ride and were quite excited to get into ours. and the bad news broke. Its too foggy and they cant take us in the air as its against the rules and he asked us to hope that the clouds clear away before 6 PM. Sad but a little hopeful we went to look at the apostles.
It was pretty scenic. The sea water cuts away the rock and after years they are cut-off from the land its connected to and there comes the apostles. There were 12 of them at some time in history and now its come down to 7 of them. All together its a picture-must spot and no wonder movie folks do come here for good shots.
Sadly it dint happen and we ended up getting refunded in cash.
Then we thought we could for some other views from different spots and there were London bridge and Loch and Gorge.
Loch and Gorge is a place where a group of people from ireland had a shipwreck in the same spot and only 2 survived. A lady Eva and a gentelman Tom. (Quite easy to remember ;) )
History says that there was a cave and the lady was nursed by Tom. Finally the localites saved them from the misery.
On our way back we stopped at a cafe bistro run by a french couple. Had margarita Pizza and talked a little about the human resources we might get in touch with in the near future from SAP, bootcamp trainings and stuff. At 8:30 we started back home and on the way in the car Bernd played some good songs from his son's playlist. I picked up that there's a musician called Peter Fox (sounds funny if you know Linfox) and Ylvi's What does fox say? (Watch the video . definatly funny)
PETER FOX
What does the FOX say???
What are the odds that i liked songs that have FOX in that. ??#Shrug#
Another not so FOxxyy song is
Oh Johnnyy
While coming back ram saw a koala bear sitting on the line diving the to and fro traffic and its eyes shined and he saw it for a split second. After going for 2 kms we came back and we got back and saw that it was still sitting there.
Bernd got down immediately and took some pics as his son loves koala (He calls the koala toy he has as Rob :D ). His 8 year old one actually asked him to get one and he had a neat covercup that it was fast and got onto the tree when he tried to catch it with this pic
I think its way way better to see a koala on the road this way than seeing it in the zoo. And we slept a lot on our way and good music (cowboy music) and finally after a cosy night drive we came to city by 12:40.
It was a great trip all-together. With Bernd around and his expereinces, his stories, how he came to SAP and his past, how he met his wife and kids, his passion and interests, I can tottaly say that he's not someone i come across everyday.
That was a good experience that i have shared and the best part is i have stayed till 3:52 in the morning to get the pics uploaded and write up this blog. I finally started it and hoping to bring up the old best moments i have had onto this blog .
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