Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Great Ocean Road Trip From Geelong to Warnambool

By Anton Maverick


Prepare for one of the finest drives you may ever take with Campervan Hire Sydney and travel the Great Ocean Road from Geelong to Warnambool in southern Victoria. This stretch of shore would one of the most dramatic in the world and is nothing but stunning. Returned squaddies after WW1 built this road where there had previously been none, an overland track linking the two locations formerly.

The Great Ocean Road links the tidal communities between Warnambool and Geelong but for sight-seeing purposes, there is little to beat this section of Australian shore. At best , it may be depicted as untrustworthy and many shipwrecks occurred there in the nineteenth century "more than one hundred and eighty.

There's a Shipwreck Discovery Trail which you can follow where you can actually visit the sites of the shipwrecks. If you're visiting in summer and like diving, there are rather more than 60 shipwrecks in Port Phillip Bay. Apollo Bay, Moonlight Head, Wreck Beach and Warnambool all have shipwrecks to take a look at and any of these places are worth staying for a day to explore too.

As you'd expect in such a wild area of shore, many lighthouses were build to help ships to navigate safely thru the area to Port Phillip. There are tons of these now historical lighthouses to have a look at and they are open to the general public for tours. The perspectives from the pinnacle of these lighthouses are striking and worth the effort involved in climbing up there.

Except for the historic maritime aspects of the Great Ocean Road, it is simply a stunning drive and you'll see rock formations such as the Twelve Apostles, sitting majestically just off the shore. It is a drive to recollect and will take you on to South Australia if you keep on going, otherwise stay a day or two at Lorne or Apollo Bay and simply take in the fantastic shore.




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