I am currently in Apollo Bay, having driven down the GOR, for the first time in years, from the Warrnambool side. All good from my point of view and Miss Daisy and Seedling handled the hills beautifully.
A word of warning though if you are travelling this road. Take care and be aware of the amount of Asian tourists driving MH, cars, and all sorts of different people movers. They are over loaded and their driving leaves a lot of be desired. They are short on time to see the wonderful sights on the road and seem to only know one speed, flat out. Add to some driving on the wrong side of the road, it can lead to potential disaster. Although there are signs all along the road showing which side of the road we drive on, all signs are in English so I think it all gets lost in translation and to perfectly honest they are travelling too fast to read them anyway.
Yesterday we watched the Rescue Helicopter land on the oval to collect a motor cyclist who had been hit by an oncoming car driving on the wrong side of the road, and yes it was an Asian tourist driving the offending car. Poor guy ended up with broken bones everywhere. Speaking to the manager of the CP, she was telling us that this happens regularly.
So please if travelling this way please please be careful. Take your time and be aware of the travellers around you that do not know our road rules fully.
leajoy said
08:20 AM Feb 19, 2015
Yes it is a road that we rarely go on for that very reason. Far too many bad drivers and far too many accidents and fatalities. The best we saw was a fully loaded coach, driven by an asian and full of asian tourists stop on a bend and only partially off the road, and all of the tourists getting out to take a photo of a koala. Not only did traffic have to negate the bus but the tourists on the road as well. Not having a go at asian tourists here either by the way but they just don't seem to get it at all.
deverall11 said
12:28 PM Feb 19, 2015
Maybe Victoria's best could spend more time enforcing some basic rules in this area as opposed to booking someone for going 1kph over the posted speed limit.
Oh but hang one: this would mean they would loose potential revenue and probably be scorned by Tourism Australia and also the irresponsible idiots who lease these vehicles to them. These are the same imbeciles who instruct backpackers to park next to you in a free camping area.
Larry
Pejay said
06:21 PM Feb 19, 2015
Where are thePolice when you need them? We came across a lot of these tourists when we last travelled the GOR back in 2011. Heading down that way again soon - hopefully mid week might be better.
Nelly said
10:21 AM Feb 21, 2015
We were in NZ, on a bus trip, and the driver told all the people on the bus NOT to venture onto the snow as there was potential danger with snow drifts etc. but guess who didn't take any notice - yes the asians. It really is scary stuff when they are on the roads though!!
I am currently in Apollo Bay, having driven down the GOR, for the first time in years, from the Warrnambool side. All good from my point of view and Miss Daisy and Seedling handled the hills beautifully.
A word of warning though if you are travelling this road. Take care and be aware of the amount of Asian tourists driving MH, cars, and all sorts of different people movers. They are over loaded and their driving leaves a lot of be desired. They are short on time to see the wonderful sights on the road and seem to only know one speed, flat out. Add to some driving on the wrong side of the road, it can lead to potential disaster. Although there are signs all along the road showing which side of the road we drive on, all signs are in English so I think it all gets lost in translation and to perfectly honest they are travelling too fast to read them anyway.
Yesterday we watched the Rescue Helicopter land on the oval to collect a motor cyclist who had been hit by an oncoming car driving on the wrong side of the road, and yes it was an Asian tourist driving the offending car. Poor guy ended up with broken bones everywhere. Speaking to the manager of the CP, she was telling us that this happens regularly.
So please if travelling this way please please be careful. Take your time and be aware of the travellers around you that do not know our road rules fully.
Oh but hang one: this would mean they would loose potential revenue and probably be scorned by Tourism Australia and also the irresponsible idiots who lease these vehicles to them. These are the same imbeciles who instruct backpackers to park next to you in a free camping area.
Larry