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Welcome to The Great Ocean Road...

A coastal road winding sinuously around the cliff tops, with the surf of the great southern ocean swelling and crashing onto rocks and beaches; forested hills breached by valleys and streams, creating inlets for quiet seaside villages, brilliant sun and surf — these are the images that remain with the traveller on the Great Ocean Road, the most impressive road journey in Australia.

This region is particularly busy in summer. The holiday houses in Lorne and Anglesea, the camp grounds of Wye River and Kennett River, and other forms of accommodation along the way, are sought by those intent on the beach, the surf and making the most of the coast.

But the area never seems too crowded — it is too big, too elemental, too beautiful. Its mood is ever changing as it stretches from the start of the Great Ocean Road at Torquay to the western border of the state.

The forest areas become inaccessible as they reach into the rugged Otway Ranges, but there are many forest parks with well-established nature trails. Further west lie the farming and forest lands of the south-western plains, and the coastal cliffs of the Port Campbell National Park, cut by the waves of the ocean into sheer sandstone walls.

The small holiday towns of the Otway region give way, further west, to the coastal cities of Warrnambool, Portland and Port Fairy. Beyond Portland lie the coastal and wilderness areas of Cape Bridgewater and Discovery Bay Coastal Park. To walk this quiet coast is an absorbing experience, with the views filling the soul and the ocean winds refreshing the senses.

If you have the time, take it slowly and engage in all the pleasures that the Great Ocean Road region has to offer

Information generously provided by www.visitvictoria.com.au - Victorian Government Tourism web site.