Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Ridestylz
(
www.ridestylz.com.au
;
3/34a Bell St)
An old-school '80s skateboard shop that doubles as a cafe,
with longneck beers, coffees and milkshakes. It has another cafe on Baines Crescent.
CAFE, BAR
Shopping
A smorgasbord of surf shops lines Torquay's main thoroughfare, from big brands to local
board shapers. For bargains head down Baines Crescent alongside Surf City Plaza for dis-
count surf seconds.
Information
Torquay Visitor Information Centre
(
www.greatoceanroad.org
;
Surf City Plaza, Beach Rd; 9am-5pm)
Well-re-
sourced tourist office next to Surf World Museum. There's free wi-fi and internet avail-
able at the library next door.
Getting There & Away
Torquay is 15 minutes south of Geelong on the B100.
BUS
McHarry's Buslines
( 03-5223 2111;
www.mcharrys.com.au
)
Hourly from 9am to 8pm (around 5pm
weekends) from Geelong to Torquay ($3.70, 30 minutes), arriving and departing Torquay
from the corner of Pearl and Boston Sts (behind the Gilbert St shopping centre).
V/Line
( 1800 800 007;
www.vline.com.au
)
Four times daily Monday to Friday (two on week-
ends) from Geelong to Torquay ($3.60, 25 minutes).
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Torquay to Anglesea
The Great Ocean Road officially begins on the stretch between Torquay and Anglesea. A
slight detour takes you to famous
Bells Beach
, the powerful point break that is part of inter-
national surfing folklore (it's here, in name only, that Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze
have their ultimate showdown in the film
Point Break
). When the long right-hander is
working it's one of the longest rides in the country. Since 1973, Bells has hosted the
Rip
Curl Pro
(
www.aspworldtour.com
)
every Easter. The world championship ASP tour event draws