The Great Ocean Road

The Great Ocean Road - 243 kilometres of splendour

The Great Ocean Road is Australia’s tourist pride, a beautiful winding road from the town of Torquay to Warrnambool, stretching along the ocean coast and sometimes going inland. It winds through National Parks, vineyards, sheer cliffs and beautiful beaches.

King Island Accommodation & Tours, an Australian tour operator, offer this natural fairy tale. Car tours are the way to go if you want something exclusive. You can hire a car right at the airport. And we can help you organise it.

Tips for those who are travelling for the first time:

Planning the trip for several days is advisable to see more and admire the magnificent sunsets and sunrises.
The estimated time for the trip should be increased by several hours because the contemplation of nature and the desire to capture it will certainly “steal” hundreds of extra minutes.
You should take a supply of food and water on the trip – not all places have cafeterias.
The coast is cool even in the summer heat, so warm clothes will be useful.

But before you buy a trip, you should take care that a visa is issued, and you should have 5 weeks to spare. It will be more reliable to contact a company specialising in visa services.

The main route along the Great Ocean Road

The first landmark along the way is the Memorial Arch. Its wooden arch is adorned with the inscription Great Ocean Road. It is from here that tourists take the first step towards an unforgettable experience…

Otway National Park

Apart from rare flora specimens, it is famous for the Otway Fly Tree Top Walk. This is an exhilarating walk at a height of 25 metres over suspension bridges almost 2 km long. Daredevils can experience the Zip Line Tour and feel like birds soaring among the trees.

Cape Otway Lighthouse

Cape Otway, Australia’s southernmost point, is separated by warm and cold currents, and for the difficulty of getting past it into the Strait, it has been dubbed the “Shipwreck Coast”. The lighthouse here was in operation from 1848 to 1994 and is still the oldest surviving lighthouse. The Lighthouse Station presents all of its glorious history.

12 Apostles

Port Campbell National Park is home to limestone cliffs that grew out of the ocean. The eight giants guard the shore are fabulously beautiful and change colour depending on the light. The Twelve Apostles can be seen on foot or by helicopter from the observation deck.

Loch Ard Bay

Famed for the legend of the two surviving passengers of the Loch Ard clipper, Tom and Eva. The ship wrecked on the rocks, taking 52 lives with it, and they made it out onto a beautiful beach. Royal Arch Neck Bay was formerly home to Arch Island, which collapsed in 2009. Two lonely rocks remain, named ‘Tom and Eve’ in honour of the shipwreck survivors.

London Arch

Limestone cliffs erode over time. London Arch was formerly a farmhouse with two vaults resembling London Bridge and bore its name. But in 1990, the vault closest to the mainland collapsed, leaving the arch.

We would like to offer you an organized tour We would like to offer you an organized 1 Day Great Ocean Road Tour which includes the above mentioned places.

One step away from the main route

n addition to the traditional routes, the Great Ocean Road holds many wonders that can only be seen by booking personalised guided tours of the scenic corners:

Great Otway Waterfalls National Park. You can spend up to 1.5 hours hiking to them. Beauchamp Falls is located near Apollo Bay and is accessed by a mossy, ferny path. Hopetoun Falls is easier to get to, and two observation decks offer views of the falls from different angles.
The Bakers Oven Rock. It’s best walked around from different directions, but due to the risk of collapse, you shouldn’t get too close to the edge. Also, beware of snakes lurking in the bushes. A walk with a guide will take about 40 minutes (it can take up to two hours to find it on your own).
Bay of Islands Coastal Park has a bay named Bay of Islands. Several viewing platforms allow you to admire the white openwork cliffs. The whole trip takes no more than 20 minutes.
Petrified Forest at Cape Bridgewater. 24 kilometres from Portland, there are amazing formations that look like tree trunks, only petrified. Although there is no confirmation of this, and research suggests it’s just erosion, they are still worth seeing.

Australia’s magnificent icon cannot be seen in one go. It’s well worth returning here to take in the beauty of these two and a half hundred scenic kilometres.