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ronnieboy · Member

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Dougwe · Chief one feather

Welcome to the gang ronnieboy, enjoy here and out in the playground.

The only thing I will say here is, take it easy if towing a van or similar as very windy indeed and some very sharp bends Great views though.

Keep Safe on the roads.

-- Edited by Dougwe on Monday 9th of May 2016 09:48:41 AM

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

Stop and look around . Too tricky doing both driving and looking at coast. Signs every where . Even telling you to drive on left hand side .. Aha

LLD · Senior Member

Aus-Kiwi wrote:
Stop and look around . Too tricky doing both driving and looking at coast. Signs every where . Even telling you to drive on left hand side .. Aha

You may even consider going to Apollo Bay / Marengo from Geelong via Colac - Lavers Hill or via Forest and then doing a day trip with just the tug back to Anglesea / Torquay.

JohnR · Senior Member

Ron

We came across from Warrnambool Saturday 6th Feb this year. We tow 23' Jayco and yes the road is up and down and some tight spots. However the real caution is the traffic coming from Melbourne especially on a weekends heading to the 12 apostles. I have never experienced so many mini buses, coaches and vehicles and in particularly O/S tourists traveling in one direction along a non highway section of road.

We stopped at Kennet River CP and paid $28 for unpowered site. Lots of Koalas and bird life in a nice roomy caravan park.

JohnR

ronnieboy · Member

Thanks John, we are at the moment, in the blue mts nsw, however we hope to getaway to sunny Queensland late June , early july for a few weeks, just updated our van , we have a jayco freedom, love caravanning Regards Ron

Geeco · Senior Member

can recommend the caravan parks at Port Campbell and Peterborough. I realise they are close together however both worth a stay to take in the coastal areas in each location. There is a fantastic cliff top walk from Peterborough golf course heading west. As we have travelled the GOR several times we dropped in from Colac via the cheese factory and chocolate shop both easy to find.

PeterD · Guru

I too can recommend basing yourself in one of the parks between Torquay and Cape Otway. Drive the GOR without the van so you can find parking spots more easily without the van. You will enjoy it more that way.

Select a park from this map. Click on the pins for more info.

For those interested in communications, the northern terminals for the first workable under sea telegraph an telephone cables are along the western section. The telegraph cable terminal building is near the Cape Otway lighthouse. The Telephone cable terminal building is now the museum at Apollo Bay. That one still has some of the terminal equipment in it.

Hylife · Guru

Just down the road from me I regularly ride that road on two wheels but mid-week only. The GOR has become well known globally as a 'bucket list road'. Consequently it is inundated with tourists and tour operators from early spring to late autumn. Combine that with Melbourne weekend trippers and it is better to drive it without the van in tow or you won't see much whilst you are too busy concentrating on the corners and idiots who don't know their left from their right.