Not long in Geelong

Geelong is the official end of the Great Ocean road although the good coastal driving is well over. The town, or even city(another 20,000 or so population), is a nice place. The main street leads down a hill to the newly refurbished dock area. It´s fairly arty and there are plenty of quirky things dotted around to make the place more interesting, which is nice. The main quirky thing is the bollards. A local artist was commissioned to paint old bollards from the previous pier on the docks. Each bollard is placed somewhere along the waterfront, some are hidden, and are painted like people. They're mainly local people who've shaped Geelong but there's also a few national faces, the prime minister John Howard being one) and the only bollard that has been vandalised funnily enough). There's plenty of these bollards, 104 in total, and it takes a good couple of hours to see them all. We lost interest at about 30 but they're very good. Each one also has a rabbit somewhere at their feet. This is a nod to the serious rabbit problem they have in Australia. They were introduced by a bloke who had nothing to do so he wanted some rabbits to shoot on his land. Geelong was home of the first landing of the imported rabbits. The problem was is they spread massively across the country devouring the weak foliage and destroying many a farmers land. This was such a problem that a fence sprawling the length of the country was built to curb the spread of them. It wasn't completed quick enough though and even when a second fence was attempted the rabbits spread way too fast. It was too late and now rabbits are pests throughout the land. Traps are common place.
The rest of Geelong, away from the docks, is ok and fairly pleasant looking. We visited a great art museum(one of the most famous Australian paintings was here - A bush burial - it was alright but there was better) and a smaller fine art gallery, admittedly by accident but good non the less. There's more flash bars and cafes here too and you can tell we're getting close to Melbourne, it's but an hour away. But that's another post!
In reply Matt, WOGs are what the 'true-blue' Aussies call foreigners. We heard it stood for 'Western Origin Gentleman' but are still unsure as various people from different backgrounds have been called it, From the Greek to Indians. It's quite strange at times but nearly everywhere we'd been so far in Oz was solely white people, barring Alice Springs. That soon changes in Melbourne. The population is very mixed and better for it.