Tours and activities

Great Ocean Road and the Twelve Apostles

Australia Victoria Timboon

Great Ocean Road and the Twelve Apostles
Photo: Alistair Cunningham, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A 243 km coastal road in Victoria built by returned WWI soldiers, past surf beaches, rainforest and koalas, to the limestone stacks of the Twelve Apostles and Loch Ard Gorge.


Stay a night to avoid a rushed day trip from Melbourne. Sunset at the Apostles is best.

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