The Great Ocean Road is one of the great road trips in the world. There's no better way to do it than in a sleek BMW240i convertible. If it's not on your bucket list, it should be. Read about it here.…
The Great Ocean Road is now well and truly behind us. Our accommodation in Penola in the Coonawarra Wine Region is a beautiful historic cottage named ‘Sarah’s Cottage’. It was named after the main owner who lived there for 71 years. The present owner, Leolla, has…
We decided to stay an extra day in Port Campbell, then drive directly from Port Campbell to Penola in the Coonawarra Wine Region on Day 7. Distance of 300 kilometres. Port Campbell really turned on a beautiful day. Very little wind or cloud; with a pleasant…
Roof down, we drove about 9 km from our Port Campbell accommodation to walk the tracks around the Loch Ard Gorge area. Named after the ship that ran aground 1878, where only two passengers survived out of 54 passengers and crew. On one of the shorter…
The next stage of our road trip is from Apollo Bay to Port Campbell, a distance of 122kms, including the detour to Cape Otway Lighthouse. Leaving Apollo Bay after a relaxing couple of days, we set off (roof down) on a somewhat overcast Wednesday morning. Our…
The highlight of today at Apollo Bay, without doubt, was a short kayak paddle to a small rocky island off Marengo Beach, just down the road from our Great Ocean View Motel. The weather could not have been more perfect, nor the sea more clear and…
We’re travelling from Torquay to Apollo Bay today, a distance of 54 kilometres. After overnighting in a delightful AirBnB in Torquay, Keith took us to Cafe Moby for a coffee shop and to plan our day. We set off with the roof down (of course) and…
After weeks of anticipation, we’re starting our Great Ocean Road drive trip with a drive from Melbourne to Torquay, a distance of about 100 kilometres. We fly from the Gold Coast today (11th) and arrived in Melbourne to pick up our wheels. We’ve been upgraded by…
