Great Ocean Road Australia Three Day Itinerary

The Great Ocean Road runs about two hundred forty kilometers along Australia’s southern coast, and the mistake most visitors make is trying to do it as a day trip from Melbourne, which turns one of the world’s great drives into a rushed out-and-back. Three days is the right length, because it lets the road unfold at its own pace and leaves time for the stops that make it memorable.Day one covers the first stretch from Torquay to Apollo Bay, where the road hugs the coast and the surf beaches give way to rainforest. The key stops are Bells Beach, the Split Point Lighthouse at Aireys Inlet, and the koalas of the Kennett River, with Apollo Bay as the overnight base. Day two is the headline, the drive through the Otway rainforest to the Twelve Apostles, Loch Ard Gorge, and London Bridge, and this is the day to slow down and take every lookout, because the rock stacks are best in the late-afternoon light.Day three continues west to the less-crowded formations, the Bay of Islands and the Grotto, before looping back