Day 1
Departing your city hotel in Melbourne approximately 7:30am we firstly travel over the Westgate Bridge then along the shores of Port Phillip Bay to Geelong, and Victoria's 2nd largest city. Leaving Geelong we join the Great Ocean Road to firstly visit beautiful Torquay. We then head then onwards to Anglesea and Lorne as we enjoy the coastal cliffs and scenery. We then travel a short distance into the Rainforest and Hinterland at Kennett River, and view some of Australia's native Flora and Fauna, then later to our lunch destination of Apollo Bay. Leaving Apollo Bay we travel into the Otway Ranges National Park, enjoying more spectacular scenery with some giant Mountain Ash forests, and here we may view some koalas. We then head into Port Campbell National Park where time and the Southern Ocean have created some spectacular rock formations. The famous Twelve Apostles and Lock Ard Gorge to name a few before arriving in Warrnambool for our overnight stay.
Overnight: Sundowner Motor Inn, Warrnambool (DBB)
Day 2
We then head onwards to Tower Hill National Park where a lake within is an extinct volcano and one of Australia's best place to have a close encounter with koalas and other native wildlife. Onwards we travel through rich farming land to Dunkeld before entering the Grampians National Park and enjoying in the luxury of our 4WD vehicle numerous back tracks through the park, and lunch. During the afternoon, we head through the wilderness of Redman Bluff through Ararat to Ballarat, a grand Victorian city, well known for its historic goldfields and early Australian architecture. We have an afternoon tea break in Ballarat before returning to Melbourne for approximately 6pm.