Across the surging South Pacific Ocean and the vast mountains of Victoria, Australia, the ocean road, (Great Ocean Road), stands on top of the natural landscape of the world with its spectacular landscape, Zhuo Ran, along the way. It is the world's most beautiful coastal highway, under the United States Highway 1, was rated life-long self-driving route number one. Many people have said that there is no place in the world like Oceanic Road. Because even if you spend five days driving along the ocean road, you won't be tired of it, and you will feel the wonder and admiration from sight to heart over and over again.
Ocean Road is a highway about 300 long. It winds along the southeastern coast of Australia from the end of Tolcan (Torquay), not far from Melbourne, in Ellenford (Allansford)., east of Vanampur, Victoria's third-largest city.
On the ocean road, not only is there an endless sea, the rough waves, the beach, through the seaside dense forest, passing by the port town, occasionally encounter wild kangaroos, koala is the most common thing. Everywhere to see is the blue sea and ghost axe craftsmen carved out of the sea rock.
Instead of a one-day tour with Melbourne, you can only take a picture of your twelve disciples. You have to drive yourself, because there are so many downturns on the ocean road that a day isn't really enough to appreciate its beauty to the extreme.
Day one Tolcan Apollo b.
The coastal town of Tolcan (Torquay), 95 kilometers west of Melbourne, should be the best starting point for the road trip. This is a world-famous surfing paradise, with the world-renowned Beers Beach (Bells Beach), as the home of many surfer star brands. The road to this place is very undulating and exciting, and the sea looks like a huge sapphire from the road, boundless and beautiful.
Park your car on the side of the road, take off your shoes, enjoy the beach, look at the surfers, face the blue sea, eat a fish and fries made of the freshest fish, and enjoy the joy of food and beauty.
Recommended food: Fisho's Torquay
At Tolcan's top-ranked restaurant on TripAdvisor, many diners left comments on the comments that they had the best fish and fries in their home in years. The restaurant is right in front of the beach on the side of the road, with excellent dining scenery. Sunshine, beaches, Australian beer, fish fries and figs salad, what's better about life than that?
Keep going southwest after dinner, leave Tolcan and go to Ron (Lorne). This is the way I suggest a good view of the sea. On one side are jagged cliffs straight into the sea, and on the other are the pristine forests of national parks. When you hold the steering wheel, the benefits of a self-driving tour are perfectly reflected here: not just walking around the car, stretching your neck across the glass to see the scenery, you can freely stop at any time, and it's a landscape painting at your fingertips.
Not long before we get to Aireys Inlet, there will be a sign for Split Point Lighthouse, which will be the Little Red Hat Lighthouse at the end of the road. Blue sky and white clouds, white tower body, brilliant red tower top, with a very striking match. Snow-white tower body, in the sun and blue water fusion together, the coast lighthouse in clear days is a beautiful landscape.
Parking towards the lighthouse's coastal path, facing the sea breeze, will make you feel that if you can have a home at the seaside, if the path in front of the door is the appearance of this path, what do you want in life.
After watching the lighthouse, and not far from the B100, we came to the top of the tree for a stroll at the top of the (Otway Fly Treetop Walk), the longest and tallest crown aisle of its kind in the world, with a 30-meter-high steel-framed crown aisle. Unlike rainforest walks, treetops actually build towers in a forest and wire them together to form a walkway in the air. The trees in these forests are so tall that they can reach a height of 30 meters. Walking in the air, you will have a wide bird-like view, overlooking the lush rainforest wonders, breathing deeply, feeling clear into the spleen of the rain forest smell and dense forests.
Walk out of the top of the tree and get to Apollo Bay (Apollo Bay). In less than an hour. Apollo Bay is located on the southwest coast of Victoria, Australia. It has a rough but quiet bay and a peaceful Apollo town-the nearest town to the site of the 12th Disciplinary Rock. At dusk in Apollo there were the most thrilling seas and harbours where fishing boats were moored. It is also an important local aquatic base, and the town has a row of restaurants by the sea, from fried fish to Italian food, Greek food to Asian food, each of which is made of the freshest seafood of the day.
Recommended accommodation: Seafarers Getaway
The hotel is less than two minutes' walk from the beach. Located on 20 acres of rolling hills, the room is warm and romantic, with an invincible sea view of 180 degrees. The room is equipped with binoculars and can see grass and mud horses on the opposite side of the hill.
The next day, Apollo Bay-Port Campbell.
Winding along the coast, this will be the most exciting and exciting day in the ocean road. Ocean Road: a series of ocean views along the shipwreck coast, including the Twelve disciples, Gibson steps, Rockead Canyon, London Bridge and other rock, coastline landscapes.
Twelve disciples-12 Apostles
As one of Australia's must-see sites, the famous 12-disciple's rock is a must-see point on the ocean road, giving full play to nature's charisma. This group of rocks is gradually formed from limestone, sandstones and fossils that have a history of thousands of years. Under the constant erosion of the sea wind and waves, they are gradually carved into broken-walled odd rocks of different shapes, because they resemble the twelve disciples of Jesus in number and form. As a result, he was named "Twelve Menture Rock." Standing at the scenic spot, echoes from the cliffs more than a hundred meters below are transmitted by the waves as if they were heavenly. Imagine the ships that landed in this area years ago in search of a suitable beach in the rough waves, and then suddenly appeared these huge stones, probably from the perspective of the crew, that the sea here was cruel and dark. But it was awe-inspiring.
If you want to feel the 12 disciples in the best way, be sure to take a helicopter ride, fly over Australia's most beautiful scenic spots, and experience an amazing flight experience. Not only will it cross the Twelve Rock, but it will also cross London Bridge, fly to Island Bay and Otway Point Lighthouse, and give a panoramic view of the whole shipwreck coast.
Lockheed Strait-Loch Ard Gorge
Located in (Port Campbell National Park), Port Campbell National Park, Lockheed Canyon is only a 10-minute drive west from the Twelve Apostolic Rock. In the nineteenth century, this was a major shipping route for transporting criminals or immigrants to colonies in Victoria and New South Wales. But the coast was often haze, wind and waves were high, and the lack of lighthouses brought endless danger to navigation, where at least 20 ships sank in history. One of the deadliest incidents occurred on June 1, 1878, when an immigrant ship, the Lockheed Loch Ard, sank there, killing 52 passengers and only two survivors. In memory of the victims, the shore was named Loch Ard Gorge, also known as the shipwrecked coast, and 52 graves were built.
Despite the heavy history, it is now a rather spectacular beach. When the wind is quiet, the steep cliffs and narrow access to the sea have been enough shock; and when the wind and clouds, the cloud waves emptied, cliff waves are stirring. People went down the canyon to the seaside, as if they had come to the world.
London Bridge-London Bridge
Continue on, it's London Bridge Bay. The London bridge had two arches, and in the 1980s an arch on the left collapsed, just as the twelve had collapsed, and with a loud noise the bridge was separated from the mainland for only a few seconds. Interestingly, at the other end of the bridge, there was a couple who looked at the collapsed bridge and felt like they had a life back. The two men were rescued by helicopter and returned to the mainland.
-Gibson step.-Gibson Steps.
Gibson Stone step, a 19th century stone step carved artificially on a cliff (later replaced by a concrete ladder), was chiseled from the cliff, 100 meters in length, 86 steps in all, and it can go down to the beach. It is the only place to feel the grandeur of the twelve rocks and cliffs at close distance, and is not to be visited by tour groups. From the stone steps down to the rough Gibson beach, the cliffs are the traces of thousands of years of waves slamming into the limestone coast. Gibson steps are magnificent, where you can feel the universe, the small things, the wind blowing from the South Pole, the millennia of rocks standing in the sea, it feels as if you have crossed the sea.
One thing that must be done on Dayang Road is to wait for a sunset at Gibson Beach, the colorful sea, the power of the tide, the shape of the rocks given by time, like the illusion and grandeur of the movie scene.
Recommended accommodation: Anchors Port Campbell
Located on 30 acres of private land, Anchors Port Campbell Hill House is romantic with spacious living areas and kitchens and panoramic warm, independent huts. The cottage lies in the middle of the private pastures, in infinite silence, and outside the window is a vast expanse of grass and quiet grazing cows.
-the third day. Campbell Port.-Vananhill.
The last day of Ocean Road starts at (Bay of Islands), archipelago Bay. The view of (Bay of Islands) at the end of the ocean road is no worse than that of the twelve, but because very few people know it, there are very few tourists. It is more convenient to enjoy the beautiful scenery quietly than the noisy twelve disciples.
There is the little-known Whaling platform in Vanampur (Warrnambool), where many people really see whales.
If you like wildlife, be sure to stay at (Tower Hill Wildlife Reserve), the Taishan Wildlife Reserve, west of Wannabur. Unlike coastal rocks and sandy beaches, this is a small volcanic lake, plant, and animal created by volcanic eruptions 30, 000 years ago. The reserve has a large number of wildlife, a lot of lightweight hiking routes, and a lot of plants. Here you can see the wild koala, kangaroo, emu and many other animals, so close to wild animals is not the experience of zoos.
Here, the world's most beautiful road self-driving is over. The ocean road, everything, there is the sea with you around. Just 300 kilometers, let people see the innumerable posture of the sea. If you want to see the pure sea, come to Oceanic Road, it will spread out to you what you have seen and imagined, as well as the sea beyond the imagination.
Finally, don't worry about killing kangaroos on the road, unless you're lucky.
A brief introduction to Dayang Road
Oceanic Road, located in western Melbourne, was built in honor of soldiers participating in World War I, including many war veterans, and more than 3000 workers have worked hard to do so. The road began in 1919 and opened in 1932.
The Ocean Road starts from Torkan (Torquay), to a nearly 300km seaside road in (Allansford), Alensford. The roadside coastal scenery is one of the best scenic spots in the world. There are quiet bays, surf beaches, rainforests, caves and vents, as well as world-famous attractions-the strange natural stone pillar "Twelve Apostolic Rock" (which has collapsed) standing in the ocean 250 kilometers long. Historic sunken ships and wildlife can also be seen on the route.
Tips：
- Most suitable season for Ocean Road: October to May of the following year. The weather is very important, blue sky and blue sea, red sunset when self-driving is the most beautiful;
- Recommended self-driving time: 3 days-4 days (2 days to finish ocean road, you must ignore the scenery of the road because of the road)
- Weather: no matter what season of ocean road, the temperature difference between morning and evening is big, the car must prepare a little more clothes of different thickness;
- Car rental fee: the most interesting car rental question is whether it is expensive or not. If you book a car ahead of time on the rental website, for example, a Toyota Camry (automatic) costs about 1200 yuan (for fuel) for three days, and you can pay extra for insurance. Friends who want to experience a convertible on the beach can consider Benz E-Series Cabrio,3 daily rental cost of about 3800 yuan. Rental fares vary according to exchange rates and real-time demand, and the price here is for reference only.
Author: Yama Travel @ www.yematravel.com
