The Great Ocean Road
( The 12 Apostles, photo by Robert S Butler)
The Great Ocean Road stretches along the coast not to far from Australia’s well loved Melbourne and it’s a great place for adventure, spotting wildlife, surfing and generally experiencing some of Victoria’s beauty. There are plenty of day tours, 2 day tours and even 3 day tours but its better to hire a car as there are so many things that the tours don’t cover and there is so much to see so you can travel at your own pace.
Along the great ocean road there are plenty of places that you can stop and see kangaroo’s and Koala’s which are funny, very lazy creatures but so cute! There is the Kennett River where you can hire kayaks and have a very good chance of seeing a Platypus. I love Australia’s animals; they really are like no other!
Torquay is a popular stop on the Greta Ocean Road, it’s a big surf town, freezing water but huge waves, I tried to put a toe in but it’s far too cold for me! Surfing competitions are often held in Torquay.
There are tree top walks through rainforests, famous rock formations like London Bridge (yes you guessed it, it looks like a bridge) and The Twelve Apostles; which are basically, now 8 bits of tall rock that jet out from the sea. There used to be 12 but some have since collapsed!
Slightly inland there are plenty of wineries to keep you entertained and also a volcanic crater. Its fantastic on a sunny day, very cold and not so much fun on a bad day – I have done both.
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