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Great Ocean Road and Great Alpine Road from Batemans Bay · seven days

7 days · 6 nights out · 2,595 km · 38 h riding · longest day 462 km

2,595 km
Total
38 h
Driving time
24
Twisty

Day by day

Day 1

Batemans Bay → Orbost

386 km 4h 37m 1 lookout
  1. Narooma Wharf cafes and the Montague Island view. Last easy coffee before Bega.
  2. Bega
  3. Eden Snug Cove and the whale-watching headland. Short detour off the highway.
  4. Cann River The only fuel for a long stretch either side.
  5. Orbost Night 1. Motels in town. Ring ahead.
Day 2

Orbost → Geelong

462 km 7h 20m 1 lookout
  1. Lakes Entrance
  2. Bairnsdale
  3. Traralgon
  4. Drouin
  5. Red Hill Cafes and wineries on the Mornington Peninsula ridge.
  6. Arthurs Seat Summit The whole of Port Phillip from the top. Parking at the summit.
  7. Sorrento ferry Car ferry to Queenscliff, about 40 minutes. Allow two hours for the queue.
  8. Queenscliff
  9. Geelong Night 2. Ring ahead.
Day 3

Geelong → Apollo Bay

330 km 5h 18m 6 lookouts
  1. Torquay
  2. Split Point Lighthouse Aireys Inlet lighthouse, a short walk from the car park.
  3. Mount Defiance Lookout Roadside lookout, coast in both directions.
  4. Apollo Bay
  5. Gibson Steps Stairs down to the beach below the Twelve Apostles cliffs.
  6. The Twelve Apostles The busiest car park on the road. Go early.
  7. Loch Ard Gorge Lookout
  8. London Bridge
  9. Peterborough The Bay of Islands is just past here, so yes: Peterborough is far enough to see the best of the road.
  10. Apollo Bay Night 3. Back the way you came, with the sun behind you. Ring ahead.
Day 4

Apollo Bay → Morwell

350 km 6h 31m 3 lookouts
  1. Cape Patton Lookout Roadside pull-off on the Great Ocean Road.
  2. Teddy's Lookout Up the hill behind Lorne. Short spur, big view down the St George River to the coast.
  3. Queenscliff
  4. Sorrento ferry Car ferry from Queenscliff, about 40 minutes.
  5. Cape Schanck Lighthouse Boardwalk down to the cape from the lighthouse car park.
  6. Flinders
  7. Drouin
  8. Morwell Night 4. Motels on the highway. Ring ahead.
Day 5

Morwell → Bright

372 km 5h 14m 1 lookout
  1. Bairnsdale
  2. Swifts Creek
  3. Omeo Last fuel before the high country.
  4. Hotham Heights The top of the Great Alpine Road. Cold and windy even in November; fill up in Omeo first.
  5. Harrietville
  6. Bright Night 5. Ring ahead.
Day 6

Bright → Cann River

376 km 5h 18m 2 lookouts
  1. Tawonga Gap Lookout On the road over to Mount Beauty.
  2. Mount Beauty
  3. Falls Creek Bogong High Plains Road. Check it is open and sealed all the way before you commit: closures are common on this one.
  4. Omeo
  5. Bruthen
  6. Orbost
  7. Cann River Night 6. Ring ahead.
Day 7

Cann River → Batemans Bay

318 km 4h 12m
  1. Eden
  2. Merimbula
  3. Bega
  4. Central Tilba Heritage village just off the highway. Cheese and fudge.
  5. Narooma
  6. Moruya
  7. Batemans Bay

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