1 Day Great Ocean Road and 12 Apostles Tour

Tour itinerary and Highlights

Free Pick up from your place of stay in Melbourne 7-7:30 am

8:30-8:50 am Geelong City Harbour We drive through Victoria's second biggest city call Geelong and take photos of the cunningham pier and bay area

9-9:30am Narana Aboriginal creation Centre: Narana Creations is an excellent venue to broaden your appreciation of the richness of Aboriginal culture. Learn and participate in Boomerang throwing, handfeed and touch the emu's, take photos, buy local aboriginal displays and much more.

9:45-10:15am - Bells Beach Enjoy watching the surfers at Bells Beach (One of Australia's most famous surfing destinations, home of the Rip Curl Pro).

10:30-11 am - Splits point lighthouse: Originally called Eagles Nest Point, the lighthouse was built in 1891.The cement rendered concrete tower has a Chance the Brothers first order lantern and a 920mm focal radius lens.The original light source was vaporised kerosene. When it was taken over by the Commonwealth Government in 1919 the light was converted to acetylene and automated. Conversion to mains electricity took place in 1972.

11:10-11:25am - Memorial Arch (Eastern View) Take some pictures at the historic Great Ocean Road memorial arch, dedicated to the 3000 men that build the great ocean road. Go for a stroll along one of the beautiful beach and get some sand between your toes.

11:55am-12:15pm Spot wild Koalas and hang out with wildlife - (Kennett River) Go for a pleasant walk through the coastel town of Kennett River, see how many Koalas you can find! Get up close and personal with the friendly beautiful bird; Parrots, Lorikeets and look out for the famous kookaburra.

1-2pm Free Restaurant Lunch and Drink Illuka Restaurant in Apollo bay (this restaurant has halal approved food by Islamic council of Australia) After lunch enjoy your free time, walk around town and just meet the driver at the bus at 2pm

Lunch menu: Grilled fish with chips and salad, Souvlaki wrap traditional greek lamb with lettuce tomato and onions, Roast chicken with chips and salad, Cheese burger with chips and salad, stir fry Vebatable rice, Veggie burger with chips and salad, Monster Salad Meal, Also they serve cold drinks and hot drinks as part of your package.

3:15-4pm - The most famous location of our day the 12 Apostles View the beautiful limestone stacks that form the mighty 12 Apostles. *Tour option Helicopter Flight with your tour over the Twelve Apostles normally 95 aud as you tour with us you save $20 and get the flight for $75 Aud. (weather & time permitting).

4:05-4:35pm Loch Ard Gorge Find yourself surrounded by towering limestone cliffs & take a walk along the beach, View the Archway, The Razorback and Dumpling Pots. As well hear the history, romance and heartbreak as our guides re- tell the tale of Australia's most famous shipwreck!.... The Loch Ard! 

4:45-5:05pm Township of Port Campbell explore this little gem with the panoramic harbour this is must for everyone to stop and see.

5:15-5:35pm London Bridge has fallen down, however it still makes a stunning photo opportunity and has a great story behind it.

6:30-7pm Stop off at Colac for a rest break dinner at your expense if you wish. Since our lunch is really big you want really feel like eating until the next day

Return to Melbourne between 9-10 pm estimation.

Near bells beach and Angelsea golf course there has been seen wild kangaroos our driver is more then happy to take you to those places and try and spot the wild kangaroos and let you take photos. Also in Kenneth river there has been seen wild Koalas we will do our best to look for these animals, if we do find them we will stop and take photos we advice not to approach them, also with all wildlife we can't guarantee you will see them all the time)

Since we are family business we allow our drivers to get to know you and you get to know them so during the tour feel free to ask the driver questions about the tour, or anything else you want to know about Australian history or either themselves? Also if you see something and want to take a photo of whatever it is? let our driver know, if its legal, safe or we have enough time he/she will stop for you.

Facts about Great ocean road:

The ideal for the Great ocean road was from a politician who was the the Mayor of Geelong city. (Amazing a politician had a great idea)

Visited by 7 million people annually.

12 apostles is the 3rd most visited natural location in Australia.

Great Ocean Road was build by former military men around 3000 people and took over 15 years to build

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TOUR RUNS EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR.

We have now employ Indian driver that speaks 5 languages, Hindi, tamal and much more let us know. mandarin translator available for group bookings

Adults $85 AUD, 4-16 Kids 75 AUD, Seniors (must be over 60 or retired)$75 AUD package includes lunch, drink, park fees, free pick up and return to your place of stay in Melbourne. Kids age 0-3 are free (you must pay for their own lunch and drink)

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Near by bells beach there has been seen wild kangaroos, In Kenneth river there has been seen wild Koalas we will do our best to look for these animals, if we do find them we will stop and take photos we advice not to approach them, also with all wildlife we can't guarantee you will see them all the time)

Payment methods:

1.Cash on the day to driver, but must leave your credit card details on our booking form or ring one of our friendly staff.

2.Paypal for members and non members to pay your booking via credit card.

3.We have eftpos machine with our drivers, this allows you to pay via direct debit or credit card.

What to bring: warm clothing, camera, video camera, comfortable walking shoes, mobile phone, any extra food, medicine if you have health reasons.

*note: Tour starts between 7-7:30 depending on pick ups every day of the week except saturday, Saturday tour starts 8am. Be advice that Narana aboriginal centre is close on Sundays, good friday and Christmas day.

*The itinerary is just a guide to help you, as we take small group tours of no more then 24 people our driver will talk to the bus group and advice how much time at each location as we understand some people will want more time at some places and less at others, if this is the case our drivers are more then flexible to meet your needs.