KM 1170 – The Great Ocean Road: Great Road - great experience

It’s a highway wonderland, a tourist’s wet dream and just a whole lotta fun to cruise along: The Great Ocean Road, 239 km of (mostly) coast highway along Australia’s South Coast between Torquay on the eastern end and Warrnambool on the western end. Along with Highway Number One in California and the Amalfitana along the Sorrent Peninsula in southern Italy it’s said to be one of the most beautiful coast highways in the world and we definitely agree with whoever said that.
Balancing on the trademark cliffs that offer the amazing vies the road is famous for, it winds along the coast like a huge snake between the endless ocean on the left and equally endless woods of eucalyptus trees on the right. Although you have to share the experiences along the road with of loads of other tourists, this sharing takes nothing away from you own personal encounter with the Great Ocean Road. If you’re lucky (like we were at some stops) you even get some lookouts for yourself and therefore get to enjoy the amazing view even more: Take pictures by the dozen, just enjoy the view, go further out on the cliffs and feel the wind in your hair, the sun on your face and the waves crashing onto the cliffs beneath you and scream out loud “I’m a golden God!”, whatever you please to do, it’s your personal Great Ocean Road experience and great it will definitely be.
Actually, it’ll be loads of different experiences as the landscape changes every couple of kilometres: Sometimes you have beach with surfers challenging the waves, after a couple of curves you have a natural arch, after a few more you get a natural bridge, after some more kilometres you get great looking rocks out of the cliffs, like the famous “Twelve Apostels”.
Actually, like other great sights like the Grand Canyon or Angkor Wat it’s hard to describe the sights and the experience with words or pictures. Just go there yourself. Seriously, it’s worth it.