Victoria's Great Ocean Road Tourist Attraction
For adventure travel lovers, you should include the Great Ocean Road in Australia as a tourist destination on this year's holiday.
The Great Ocean Road is one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. One of its beauties is the presence of stones that rise up and come from the southern part of Victoria Beach. This area is known as the Twelve Apostles.
Located on the Great Ocean Road, you will have an adventure following trekking on the beach side.
You can walk along the beach side, walk into the rain forest, to indulge yourself in a waterfall.
During the expedition, you can meet a number of wild animals such as koalas, emus and kangaroos. You will also see museums and cultural attractions from the villages around the tourist sites.
Great Ocean Road is known as a beach that is suitable for doing various kinds of water sports, such as surfing.
For those of you who don't like adventure, you can pamper yourself on the white sand beach accompanied by the sound of the waves and the sea breeze. You can taste local culinary.
The 12 Apostles
Towering over the Southern Ocean, along Australia's famous Great Ocean Road, you'll find the 12 Apostles, limestone pillars that once fused with the mainland cliffs.
The waves and wind carved it into a cave, then arched it, and then shaped it into a 150-foot-tall pillar. In fact, there are currently only eight Apostles, but who knows when the next stretch of cliff will become pillars.
How to Get to 12 Apostles
From Melbourne, the 12 Apostles are a 4.5-hour drive via Geelong on the Great Ocean Road.
You can return to Melbourne in 3.5 hours by land route via the Princess Highway. From Melbourne, there are many options for day tours with accommodation, for short or longer tours.
Tracing the Great Ocean Walk to the 12 Apostles
You can visit the 12 Apostles on foot.
From Princetown, it's a 7-kilometre (4.3-mile) walk up a boardwalk, pebbles, stairs and rubber tiles. You can enjoy the stunning coastal scenery, and you can also see kangaroos and various types of birds.
If you're interested in a longer trip, take the four-day 12 Apostles Lodge Walk, with eco-friendly accommodations, or take the 104-kilometre (167-mile) Great Ocean Walk in multiple ways.
Shipwreck
The Bass Strait was the main shipping route for bringing immigrants and supplies to Victoria.
In the past, most sailing ships took the Great Circle Route south of Cape Town, before heading northeast across the Southern Ocean towards Bass Strait.
They headed for the "eye of the needle" gap between Cape Otway and King Island, the most dangerous section of their long journey.
You can get a glimpse of the historic shipwreck at the 12 Apostles Visitor Information Center in Port Campbell, including the 1/60 scale Loch Ard model and its throwing anchor.
You can explore the whole Shipwreck Coast, there are over 200 shipwrecks between Port Fairy and Cape Otway. The Historic Shipwreck Trail has 25 marked spots leading to informational plaques overlooking the cliff where the wreck occurred.
You'll also learn about the history of the Shipwreck Coast and the geology of the coast. Other things to do are fish, snorkel and dive at some of Australia's best shipwreck sites.
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