The Great Ocean Road - Victoria - National Scenic Byways on Waymarking.com

The start and finish points of the Great Ocean Road are always debatable varying start points run from Anglesea to Geelong and finish point running from Allansford to Nelson near the South Australian Border.
One thing is certain is that this a scenic & memorable drive.
In 1917 the Great Ocean Road Trust was formed to provide servicemen returned from World War One with employment & build a coast road to enable the area to be opened up for development.
The arch waymarked here was originally built in 1939. It was later replaced in 1973 when the road was widened. It was then burnt down by a bushfire in 1983 & rebuilt in 1991.
The Arch is popular stop for tour coaches and I had a lot of trouble getting a shot of the arch without tourists everywhere and there were several bus loads there at any one time and one bus would arrive before one one left.
There are many notable attractions along it's route with the main ones being:
Torquay
Bells Beach (Home to the world's longest running surfing competition)
Anglesea
The Surf Coast Walk
Split Point Lighthouse
Lorne
Waterfalls
Apollo Bay
Great Otway National Park
Port Campbell
The Great Ocean Walk
Port Campbell National Park with contains;
 The Twelve Apostles (although 5 have collapsed leaving only 7)
 The Grotto
 Loch Ard Gorge
 The Island Archway
 London Arch (named the London Bridge before the arch attaching it to the mainland collapsed morooning tourists on the remaining arch.
 Thunder Cave.
Warrnambool
Whale Watching
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village
Tower Hill Volcano
Port Fairy
The Great South West Walk

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