The Great Southern Touring Route can be divided roughly into three separate regions, each offering diverse experiences but as a whole, offering the very best of what Australia offers. Various connections in themselves can offer excellent holiday opportunities.
Great Ocean Road
> Geelong
> Warrnambool
Grampians
> Villages
Goldfields
> Ballarat
> Spa Country
Connections
> Melbourne
> Adelaide
> Sydney
> New Zealand
CONNECTIONS
Adelaide & Surrounds
> Accommodation
Travel to South Australia’s capital city via the Great Southern Touring Route. From Melbourne, travel along the Great Ocean Road, through the Great Otway National Park, past the Twelve Apostles via Portland and on to the South Australian coastal ports of Beachport and Robe, the Coorong National Park and Victor Harbor to Adelaide, with a side trip to Kangaroo Island completing the coastal experience.
From Melbourne, the journey to Adelaide includes the Goldfields, the Spa Country and the Grampians, on to Penola and the Coonawarra wine region, and then through the Murraylands and Adelaide Hills. Some of the towns along the way include Ballarat, Daylesford, Halls Gap, Dunkeld, Penola, Coonawarra wine region, Naracoorte, Murray Bridge, Mannum, Oakbank and Hahndorf.