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Favorite thing: The whole Great Ocean road is great, though not everyone has time to see it in its entirety.
I'd recommend starting the trip at the trendy surf town of Torquay with its world famous competition surf beach, Bells Beach.
The next major small town on the map is Anglesea, more of a fishing town and less commercial, followed by Lorne, almost as famous a holiday/swim summer holiday destination to Victorians as Torquay.
Apollo Bay is another 30 kms further away down the coast, and 'off the beaten track' a little, so it's less trendy and has less resort development, though that is now changing with the price of real estate now rising there also.
From Apollo Bay, the next major stop is a considerable distance, but well worth a view of the 12 Apostles (see Travelogue pics). The Great Ocean road ends around the town of Portland.
A word of warning: I'd never attempt to see the whole Road in one day. For one thing, there are too many nice towns and attractions to see, and another is the road you're driving on.
For most of the way you'll have cliffs on one side above you, and a sheer drop to the ocean on the other side. The road curves are for the most part very tight, so you can only do 40 - 70 km/hr at most.
Updated Feb 22, 2003
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Favorite thing: Loch Arch at low tide, this was quiet recently formulated, there were a few people sleeping on the arch which was connected to the land ,the next morning they were trapped on the arch which was somehow seperated from the land, and a helicopter had to get them, quiet a story huh?
Written Sep 12, 2002
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Favorite thing: London Bridge -
About 10 years ago this was all joined then the bit on the left fell into the sea but before it looked like the bridge hence the name.
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Fondest memory: Remarkable nature power of waves that carved the seashore along Great Ocean Road.
Written Feb 25, 2003
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Favorite thing: The Entrance To The Great OCean Road, Coming From The North the signpost looks like something out of a Flinstones Movie/Cartoon.
Written Sep 12, 2002
Favorite thing: This is the 'GROTTO' or 'TUNNEL' as its called near the Loch Arch in the fabulous Great Ocean Road
Written Sep 12, 2002
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Favorite thing: Although the Ocean side of the road will fascinate you, if you glacne to your right once in a while you do get some georgeous views of the hills and Kangaroos.
Written Sep 12, 2002
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Write a ReviewAlthough the Ocean side of the road will fascinate you, if you glacne to your right once in a while you do get some georgeous views of the hills and Kangaroos.
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