Travel Reference
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Great Ocean Road & Bellarine Peninsula
Why Go?
The Great Ocean Road (B100) is one of Australia's most famous road-touring routes. It
takes travellers past world-class surfing breaks, through pockets of rainforest and calm sea-
side towns, and under koala-filled tree canopies. It shows off heathlands, dairy farms and
sheer limestone cliffs, and gets you up close and personal with the crashing waves of the
Southern Ocean.
Hunt out the isolated beaches and lighthouses in between the towns, and the thick euca-
lypt forests in the Otway hinterlands to really escape the crowds. Rather than heading
straight to the Great Ocean Road, a fork in the road in Geelong allows you to take the long,
leisurely way there via the Bellarine Peninsula, which allows you to visit charming coastal
towns and wineries en route.
Day-tripping tourists from Melbourne rush into and out of the area in fewer than 12
hours, but, in a perfect world, you'd spend a couple of weeks here.
When to Go
Mar
Chill out to folk and roots tunes from around the globe at the popular Port Fairy Folk
Festival.
