GREAT OCEAN ROAD

The 'Great Ocean Road' (known as the 'Surfcoast Highway' between Geelong and Torquay) which stretches along the South Eastern coast of Australia between the Victorian cities of Geelong and Warrnambool is one of Australia's great scenic coastline drives.
Hugging tightly to the coast, the road offers outstanding views of Bass Strait and the Southern Ocean. The section near Port Campbell covers some of the most scenic coastline in the world, because of its striking and dramatic natural rock formations. These formations include Loch Ard Gorge, the Grotto, London Bridge (renamed to London Arch in recent years after the 'bridge' partially collapsed), and most famously The Twelve Apostles.
Previously assigned State Route 100, it was later designated as 'B100' and is the VicRoads' definition of a B-rated road.

Contents

Speed limits

Gallery of sights and tourist landmarks

See also

External links

Speed limits

The road's speed limit varies from 80km/h (50mph) to 100km/h (62mph). However, its sharp curves make it impossible to reach those speeds in most places. It is a two lane roadway (one lane in each direction).
There are safety and speed-monitoring cameras at intervals along the road.

Gallery of sights and tourist landmarks

See also

★ Howard Hitchcock

★ Highways in Victoria

★ Loch Ard Gorge

★ the Grotto

★ London Arch

★ The Twelve Apostles, Victoria

★ Great Ocean Walk

External links

★ Great Ocean Road Tourism Guide Victoria Australia Tourism information for the Great Ocean Road tourism region including accommodation, attractions, activities, restaurants, cellar doors, events diary and more.

★ Official Great Ocean Road website