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
GREAT OCEAN ROAD
Warrnambool & surrounds
> Towns
> Attractions
> Accommodation
> Restaurants
As the Great Ocean Road returns to the coast at Princetown, the majesty of the Port Campbell National Park quickly begins to unfold. Huge natural features loom large. Blowholes roar with spouting water and the sea boils around the towering rock stacks. The Twelve Apostles are a must. Board- walks, platforms and an interpretive centre make it easy to see and understand this truly awe-inspiring scenery. The scores of ships that have been wrecked give this section its name, the Shipwreck Coast..
The picturesque city of Warrnambool overlooks the deep blue of the Southern Ocean and has a long, fascinating maritime history. These times are recaptured at the city’s major attraction, “Flagstaff Hill”, a maritime village and port representative of 19th century Warrnambool with a spectacular sound and laser light show ‘Shipwrecked’. The city is also famous for the whales that visit annually. Nearby is the historic village of Port Fairy, by the Moyne River.