Great Ocean Road

Holidays, where, to go, how to get there, travel stories.

Great Ocean Road

Postby Footy Smart » Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:12 pm

Who has done it?

Do's? Dont's? must sees? etc

We are looking at staying in Mt Gambier night 1, Pt Campbell night 2 then Torquay night 3 before hitting melbourne. So only 3 hours driving each day which will allow plenty of time to stop off and see some sights along the way
User avatar
Footy Smart
Coach
 
 
Posts: 5088
Joined: Wed May 07, 2008 1:16 pm
Has liked: 54 times
Been liked: 118 times
Grassroots Team: Modbury

Re: Great Ocean Road

Postby Stumps » Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:13 pm

Port fairy a nice spot
Stumps....
User avatar
Stumps
League Bench Warmer
 
Posts: 1380
Joined: Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:04 pm
Has liked: 60 times
Been liked: 45 times

Re: Great Ocean Road

Postby dedja » Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:15 pm

Do it ... Port Fairy, Lorne, Apollo Bay, Torquay, all good spots.
It is better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt
User avatar
dedja
Coach
 
 
Posts: 20122
Joined: Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:10 pm
Has liked: 157 times
Been liked: 972 times

Re: Great Ocean Road

Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:21 pm

I quite enjoyed Portland

is a nice drive, hopefully the roadworks have all ceased by now, as it can be quite painful on the Great Ocean Rd

12 apostles is a good spot for a stop and an even helicopter ride!
Matty Wade is a star and deserves more respect from the forum family!
User avatar
mighty_tiger_79
Coach
 
Posts: 56642
Joined: Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:29 pm
Location: at the TAB
Has liked: 11805 times
Been liked: 3582 times

Re: Great Ocean Road

Postby Failed Creation » Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:28 pm

I did it 5 years ago, and I really wish I'd taken my time.

Anglesea, Lorne, Apollo Bay, Torquay, Port Campbell, Twelve Apsotles, Loch Ard Gorge, The Grotto, Bay of Islands, Portland, Cape Patton and Cape Otway are all great spots.

Whether you take a day, a week, or a month, you'll love it.
Politicians kissing babies for good luck,
TV preachers sell salvation for a buck.
You don't need no golden cross to tell you wrong from right,
The world's worst murderers were those who saw the light.
User avatar
Failed Creation
Coach
 
 
Posts: 21219
Joined: Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:42 am
Location: Location, Location.
Has liked: 3307 times
Been liked: 613 times
Grassroots Team: Gawler Central

Re: Great Ocean Road

Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:35 pm

did it 6 or 7 yrs ago

drove to Stawell for 1 night
ballarat for 3 nights
from ballarat drove down to Geelong and the G.O.R - did the 12 Apostles. stopped off for a break at a Lighthouse and I joked to the now Mrs that it is the lighthouse from Round the Twist - and as it turned out, it was.
did a chopper ride over the 12 Apostles
stayed in Warrnambool for 1 night
cosy drive into Mt Gambier for 3 nights

Ballarat, Warrnambool, Mt Gambier accommodation was all done through the Travel Auctions
Matty Wade is a star and deserves more respect from the forum family!
User avatar
mighty_tiger_79
Coach
 
Posts: 56642
Joined: Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:29 pm
Location: at the TAB
Has liked: 11805 times
Been liked: 3582 times

Re: Great Ocean Road

Postby gadj1976 » Tue Feb 10, 2015 5:44 pm

I don't think there are any negatives to it! Do it, as stated above, take your time and enjoy having a beer at the various pubs scattered along the way.

It's magnificent, you'll love it.

Oh, yes, one negative, some of the accommodation along the way can be pricey.
User avatar
gadj1976
Coach
 
 
Posts: 9143
Joined: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:57 pm
Location: Sleeping on a park bench outside Princes Park
Has liked: 795 times
Been liked: 849 times

Re: Great Ocean Road

Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Tue Feb 10, 2015 6:39 pm

with the accommodation that is why we used Travel Auctions!
Matty Wade is a star and deserves more respect from the forum family!
User avatar
mighty_tiger_79
Coach
 
Posts: 56642
Joined: Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:29 pm
Location: at the TAB
Has liked: 11805 times
Been liked: 3582 times

Re: Great Ocean Road

Postby toot toot » Wed Feb 11, 2015 2:28 pm

Doing it for the first time in April (Anzac day weekend).

Going, Adelaide - Torquay (2 nights) - Apollo Bay (1 night) - Warrnambool (1 night) - Adelaide. Looking forward to taking our time with short drives each day from Torquay to Warrnambool.

Accommodation set us back $880 for the 4 nights, but also staying in nice accommodation.
toot toot
Under 16s
 
Posts: 372
Joined: Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:38 am
Has liked: 0 time
Been liked: 5 times

Re: Great Ocean Road

Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Wed Feb 11, 2015 6:10 pm

Thats not bad if the accommodation is worth it
Matty Wade is a star and deserves more respect from the forum family!
User avatar
mighty_tiger_79
Coach
 
Posts: 56642
Joined: Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:29 pm
Location: at the TAB
Has liked: 11805 times
Been liked: 3582 times

Re: Great Ocean Road

Postby Dutchy » Thu Feb 12, 2015 11:29 am

We did it in 2013, take your time as everyone has said, there are a heap of places to stop, we did Warnambool to Lorne and it took us the whole day. Great part of the country.

We then continued on and took the ferry over to Mornington and then onto Phillip Island, avoided Melbourne altogether.
User avatar
Dutchy
Site Admin
 
 
Posts: 44455
Joined: Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:24 am
Location: Location, Location
Has liked: 2311 times
Been liked: 3482 times

Re: Great Ocean Road

Postby Footy Smart » Thu Feb 12, 2015 12:23 pm

cheers for the info, im really looking forward to it. I have a 6 month old so we will only be doing 3 hours of driving a day so will have plenty of stops and time to look around each place. Then planning on getting into our accomodation with enough time to look around the town and find a nice place to have dinner. Staying outside of melbourne with friends and only heading in to watch the crows game on the saturday then home via Horsham on the sunday. I still think the best thing about Melbourne is the road out :D
User avatar
Footy Smart
Coach
 
 
Posts: 5088
Joined: Wed May 07, 2008 1:16 pm
Has liked: 54 times
Been liked: 118 times
Grassroots Team: Modbury

Re: Great Ocean Road

Postby Footy Chick » Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:48 am

Footy Smart wrote:cheers for the info, im really looking forward to it. I have a 6 month old so we will only be doing 3 hours of driving a day so will have plenty of stops and time to look around each place. Then planning on getting into our accomodation with enough time to look around the town and find a nice place to have dinner. Staying outside of melbourne with friends and only heading in to watch the crows game on the saturday then home via Horsham on the sunday. I still think the best thing about Melbourne is the road out :D



Don't forget, this is what I do! Let me know if you still need help with accommodation :D
Don't play games with a girl who can play 'em better...

Gatt_Weasel wrote:if they (Walkerville) dont win the flag ill run around the block of my street naked :) you can grab a chair and enjoy the view
User avatar
Footy Chick
Moderator
 
 
Posts: 26695
Joined: Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:44 pm
Location: anywhere I want to be...
Has liked: 1737 times
Been liked: 2144 times

Re: Great Ocean Road

Postby White Line Fever » Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:56 am

I've done it twice.

First time did in non-stop took 16hrs

Second time did it over 2 days staying in Mount Gambier for a night

Highlights

Pt. Fairy for an ice cream
Bells Beach
The sink 'blowhole'
Lorne for a Chicken Parmy

Enjoy make sure your tyres are in good nick it can get winding at high speeds.
User avatar
White Line Fever
League - Top 5
 
 
Posts: 2896
Joined: Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:52 pm
Has liked: 26 times
Been liked: 16 times

Re: Great Ocean Road

Postby Footy Smart » Mon Feb 16, 2015 1:09 pm

We've just booked our stays, Mt Gambier, Princetown and Anglesea. Now just need to plan a few stops along the way. We travel between 2.5-3 hours each day after Mt Gambier so plenty of time to stop at places along the way.

WLF, yep got a 2012 Subaru Forester with new tyres so should be right for all the road conditions.
User avatar
Footy Smart
Coach
 
 
Posts: 5088
Joined: Wed May 07, 2008 1:16 pm
Has liked: 54 times
Been liked: 118 times
Grassroots Team: Modbury

Re: Great Ocean Road

Postby carey » Thu Feb 19, 2015 8:49 am

Failed Creation wrote:I did it 5 years ago, and I really wish I'd taken my time.

Anglesea, Lorne, Apollo Bay, Torquay, Port Campbell, Twelve Apsotles, Loch Ard Gorge, The Grotto, Bay of Islands, Portland, Cape Patton and Cape Otway are all great spots.

Whether you take a day, a week, or a month, you'll love it.



We do it every football season on the way home from a Port game in Melbourne.

Most people here have it spot on. Love Port Campbell hooked the biggest 'something ever off the jetty' before being snapped off after fighting it for the best part of an hour. Apollo bay has the best Pizza you will ever have! Seriously the best pizza ever its a Must.

Bells beach is seriously overrated, There are far better beaches the whole stretch of road. We pretty much stop at all the attractions its amazing from year to year how they change.

In Portland go down to the boat ramp and look at the size of the sea lions eating all the Tuna scraps of the fillet boards there absolutely huge!
you've gota keep on keep'n on .........
User avatar
carey
Coach
 
 
Posts: 21002
Joined: Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:20 pm
Location: From a place i shouldn't be.
Has liked: 2796 times
Been liked: 2985 times
Grassroots Team: Paralowie

Re: Great Ocean Road

Postby toot toot » Thu Feb 19, 2015 2:05 pm

Carey, what's the name of the pizza joint?
&
WLF, the name of the joint in Lorne that does the parmi?

Cheers.
toot toot
Under 16s
 
Posts: 372
Joined: Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:38 am
Has liked: 0 time
Been liked: 5 times

Re: Great Ocean Road

Postby White Line Fever » Thu Feb 19, 2015 3:43 pm

toot toot wrote:Carey, what's the name of the pizza joint?
&
WLF, the name of the joint in Lorne that does the parmi?

Cheers.


The main pub

http://lornehotel.com.au/
User avatar
White Line Fever
League - Top 5
 
 
Posts: 2896
Joined: Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:52 pm
Has liked: 26 times
Been liked: 16 times

Re: Great Ocean Road

Postby Brock Landers » Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:03 pm

Wye Beach Hotel did a good feed a few years back when I went along there. Great view over the surf break so you can watch the surfers go about their business.
User avatar
Brock Landers
League Bench Warmer
 
 
Posts: 1261
Joined: Thu May 24, 2007 8:59 pm
Location: A glass case of emotion
Has liked: 8 times
Been liked: 2 times
Grassroots Team: McLaren


Board index   General Talk  Travel

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 3 guests

Around the place

Competitions   SANFL Official Site | Country Footy SA | Southern Football League | VFL Footy
Club Forums   Snouts Louts | The Roost | Redlegs Forum |