Apollo Bay to the Twelve Apostles
The next part of the journey was probably the longest stretch after leaving Melbourne. It’s also more of an inland stretch of the Great Ocean Road, you’ll see more farm land than ocean here. However, its still beautiful. We stopped off at a short rain forest walk along the way. The forest was beautiful and felt really tropical, which felt strange as we were so far down south.
Mid Afternoon, we finally arrived at The Twelve Apostles. The Twelve Apostles are by far the main reason people go to the Great Ocean Road, and are probably one of the most visited spots in Australia. Even just seeing photos and it’s easy to see why – these limestone giants standing tall, separated from the land after thousands of years of erosion as the stormy Southern Sea crashed against the land and wore it away – are a strikingly beautiful sight and a natural wonder.
However, because of their beauty, it was extremely touristy and overcrowded when we did go to see them for ourselves. I knew it would be busy of course, but I honestly underestimated quite how touristy it would be. There was a huge carpark where buses pulled up and deposited hundreds of tourists. Helicopters for the wealthier tourists who wanted to avoid the crowds buzzed ahead. We went and saw the Twelve Apostles and took our photos but I felt really underwhelmed. I feel that the huge amounts of tourists cheapened the experience and a sight I had seen so many times before in photos failed to impress me like I thought it would, which is a shame.
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This is so interesting article, all information are well define and have worth to travel!
Our lovely part is Tree along side the road, it’s look like a Baobab tree, we have here at Tarangire National Park, the big part with home of different species especially Baobab trees, home of elephant, zebras, pumba, dikdik etc
Another part is ocean road, we have it here as well alike yours, best beach ever in the world! Seat and enjoy snorkeling, wale, and swimming at white sand of Zanzibar beach!!
John
Superb
DEREK PARKER
The pic of the dirt track in South Australia has nothing to do with the Great Ocean Road.. The Great Ocean Road is entirely paved. It curves around the coastline for most of the way, with ocean views on one side and forest on the other, passing through a number of towns as well. Please get it right.
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Hi Derek Parker,
Thanks for pointing out with your observation. Now we have updated our blog post with correct image related to the great ocean road in Australia.
A. Local
Bald Hill Lookout, Stanwell Park is on the Pacific Ocean coast of New South Wales — nowhere near the Southern Ocean coast of Victoria. Probably 800 km from the Great Ocean Road.
Mehdi babaei
Very good