COASTAL VICTOIA OAD TIPS This edition written and researched by Anthony Ham
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK eviews In the Destinations section: All reviews are ordered in our authors preference, starting with their most preferred option. Additionally: Sights are arranged in the geographic order that we suggest you visit them and, within this order, by author preference. Eating and Sleeping reviews are ordered by price range (budget, midrange, top end) and, within these ranges, by author preference. Symbols In This Book K Top Tips Link Your Trips Tips from Locals Trip Detour History & Culture Food & Drink Outdoors Essential Photo Walking Tour 5 Eating Family 4 Sleeping Map Legend outes Trip oute Trip Detour Linked Trip Walk oute Tollway Freeway Primary Secondary Tertiary Lane Unsealed oad Plaza/Mall Steps Tunnel Pedestrian Overpass Walk Track/Path Boundaries International State Cliff Wall Population Capital () Capital (State) City/Large Town Town/Village Transport Airport Cable Car/ Funicular ing Train/ailway Tram Underground Train Station Trips 1 #9 2 Trip Numbers Trip Stop Walking tour Trip Detour oute Markers *² Highway *² M31 ) 1 A5 & 63 State oute Hydrography iver/creek Intermittent iver Swamp/Mangrove Canal Water Dry/Salt/ Intermittent Glacier Areas Beach Cemetery (Christian) Cemetery (Other) Forest Urban Area Sportsground Note: Not all symbols shown here appear on the maps in this book 1 Sights r Beaches 2 Activities C Courses T Tours z Festivals & Events 4 Sleeping 5 Eating 6 Drinking 3 Entertainment 7 Shopping 8 Information & Transport These symbols and abbreviations give vital information for each listing: % Telephone number h Opening hours p ing n Nonsmoking a Air-conditioning i Internet access W Wi-fi access s Swimming pool v Vegetarian selection E English-language menu c Family-friendly # Pet-friendly g Bus f Ferry j Tram d Train apt apartments d double rooms dm dorm beds q quad rooms r rooms s single rooms ste suites tr triple rooms tw twin rooms
CONTENTS PLAN YOU TIP Welcome to Victoria... 5 Coastal Victoria Map... 6 Coastal Victoria Highlights... 8 Melbourne City Guide...10 Need to Know...12 OAD TIPS Great Ocean 1 oad 5 7 Days 17 Gippsland & Wilsons 2 Promontory 6 7 Days 27 3 Mornington Peninsula 3 4 Days 35 Goldfi elds 4 & Macedon 4 5 Days 43 DESTINATIONS Melbourne... 52 Great Ocean oad...79 Torquay...79 Anglesea...81 Lorne...81 Apollo Bay...83 Cape Otway...84 Port Campbell...84 Warrnambool...86 Port Fairy...87 Portland...89 Gippsland... 90 Phillip Island...90 Koonwarra...93 Wilsons Promontory...94 Walhalla...97 Mornington Peninsula... 99 Mornington...99 Sorrento... 100 Portsea... 103 Mornington Peninsula... 103 Flinders... 104 French Island... 104 Goldfi elds...106 Woodend... 106 Hanging ock... 106 Kyneton... 107 Castlemaine... 107 Maldon... 109 Maryborough... 110 Ballarat... 111 DIVING IN AUSTALIA... 117 3
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AUSTALIAN SCENICS/GETTY IMAGES WELCOME TO COASTAL VICTOIA Victoria is home to some of the best road trips on the planet. The four trips in this book will take you from its dramatic rugged coastline to its historic and beautiful interior. From driving along one of the world s most iconic and scenic coastal roads to visiting the vast, historic goldfields from which the state s great wealth originates, from enjoying firstclass locally grown food and wine to walking on pristine and near-deserted white-sand beaches, Victoria s paved roads take you on journeys that showcase the extraordinary beauty of the southeast corner of the vast continent of Australia. Whether your dream is criss-crossing the garden state from sea to mountains, or a more intimate loop along quiet country roads, we ve got it covered. 5 01-welcome-to-tr-cvi1.indd 5 24/07/2015 10:07:14 AM
enmark Mu r r a y iver Mildura 1 Great Ocean oad There s no finer coastal road trip than Victoria s iconic southwestern coastline. 5 7 DAYS : SOUTH AUSTALIA Murray-Sunset Big Desert # 44 Wyperfeld Albacutya Hindmarsh Hattah- Kulkyne Agnes \ Warracknabeal Ouyen obinvale 4 Tyrrell Swan Hill Buloke Kerang Loddon iver Murray iver Echuca Hay # Barmah 4 Little Desert Glenelg iver St Arnaud Waranga Basin # Horsham Bendigo Mt Arapiles State Maldon Maryborough Castlemaine Naracoorte Mt Difficult Avoca Seymour Halls Gap Grampians Kyneton Mt Langi Daylesford Woodend Kinglake ocklands Ararat Ghiran Clunes eservoir Macedon Ballarat# ] Dunkeld Brisbane anges Hamilton Melbourne ^# Werribee# ] Mount Mount Lismore Gambier ichmond Mount Eccles Dandenong Nelson Corangamite Geelong Heywood Mornington Queenscliff Tower Hill # eserve Torquay Anglesea Portsea Aireys Inlet Point Nepean Flinders Portland Port Warrnambool Great Otway Fairy Lorne Phillip SOUTHEN Island OCEAN Port Wye iver Bass Strait Campbell # Skenes Creek Port Apollo Campbell Bay 0 100 km #e 0 60 miles Goulburn iver
4 Goldfields & Macedon The geographical and historical heartland of the state. 4 5 DAYS COASTAL VICTOIA NEW SOUTH WALES Wagga Wagga Burrowa-Pine Mountain Canberra #_ Yarrawonga Hume utherglen eservior Albury Chiltern Wodonga Corryong Shepparton Wangaratta Yackandandah Mokoan Benalla Myrtleford Dartmouth Mt Kosciuszko Mount Mount Buffalo Mt Beauty Bogong Bright Snowy iver Harrietville Falls Creek Mansfield Mt Mt Buller Feathertop Mount Hotham Omeo Eildon Eildon # Jamieson Alpine Errinundra Eildon Marysville Buchan Healesville Baw Baw Orbost Bairnsdale Warburton s # Entrance # # # \ Dandenong anges # \ \ Marlo \ Walhalla Cape Conran : Paynesville Metung Coastal Sale Wellington Victoria Warragul Moe : : Ù# French Ninety Mile Island Morwell Traralgon Beach Korumburra Tara Bulga Ù# Leongatha Wonthaggi Koonwarra Foster # Inverloch Yarram Fish Wilsons Port Creek Promontory Albert Bunurong Marine 2 & Coastal Mt Latrobe Tidal iver r 3 Murray iver Yar ra iver Mornington Peninsula Melbournian s watery backyard contains sleepy villages, superb cuisine and world-class wines. 3 4 DAYS Ovens iver Murray iver S nowy iver AUSTALIAN CAPITAL TEITOY Gippsland & Wilsons Promontory Wild and empty coastal George TASMAN SEA Bega Coopracambra Mallacoota Croajingolong landscapes, hidden towns and wildlife galore. 6 7 DAYS