The Great Ocean Road stretches
for about 300 kilometres, the route takes in historic shipwreck sites and plenty of
wildlife. Between Portland and Nelson, the Great South West Walk offers
bushwalkers a 250 kilometre return walk.
Thousands of years of erosion by the Southern Ocean have created extraordinary formations
in the limestone cliffs of Port Campbell National Park.
The Twelve Apostles are
world-recognised icons, synonymous with the Great Ocean Road. While the coast is a
must-see at any time of year, it's at its peak when howling winds and huge seas are giving
it a pounding. Blowholes roar with spouting water and the sea boils around the stacks and
cliff bases.
At Gibson Steps, just before the Apostles, you can descend to the beach via steps
that hug the 70 metre cliff face.
Other spectacular attractions include London Bridge (a rocky promontory arch carved
out by the sea which once linked to a tiny island but collapsed stranding two tourists),
Loch Ard Gorge, the Razorback, Island Archway, Thunder Cave, Bakers Oven Rock,
Sentinel Rocks, and the Grotto.
The Great Ocean Road offers up
experience after experience and is not to be missed. |