Great Ocean Road, Victoria

1/4/2018

The Great Ocean Road is one of Australia’s most iconic roads to drive. Renowned for its endless winding roads and dramatically breathtaking ocean views, it brings tourists from all around the world to experience the beauty. Not only for the views, the challenging twists and turns make it entertaining for motoring enthusiasts. Construction of the road by 3,000 returned World War One servicemen, began in 1919 and finished at Lorne in 1922. The road continued construction to Apollo Bay and was announced officially completed on November 1932.

We have driven this road to access many of our adventures whilst living in Geelong. The start of the drive welcomes you with a large Great Ocean road sign, which welcomes you with a warm up of slight bends before large cliff edges and hairpin turns. There is an endless array of natural beauties to witness along the drive like waterfalls, beaches and unique Great Otway National Park rainforest. Although congested with a lot of traffic, the views make the drive worthwhile. Our greatest distraction on the drive is the Great Ocean Road Chocolatier, not just for the chocolate, but the amazing scones, which concludes our day adventures out this way.

Teddy's Lookout Lorne

The lookout is a large viewing area that lets you see out over the hills, beaches and winding roads of Great Ocean Road. The amazing weather that day brought the view to life, boasting a rich variety of blue, green and sand.

We will forever enjoy our times travelled on the Great Ocean Road, it can sometimes be very busy, but we always come home fulfilled after a trip out to our Great Ocean Road and Otways destinations. It’s a pure Australian icon that everyone should experience once in their lifetime.

Check out some of our Great Ocean Road and Great Otway Adventures