For the road in Java, Indonesia, see Great Post Road.
Great Ocean Road
Victoria
Great Ocean Road memorial arch at Eastern View
General information
Type
Highway
Length
240 km (149 mi)[1]
Opened
26 November 1932; 91 years ago (1932-11-26)
Route number(s)
B100 (1996–present)
Former route number
State Route 100 (1986–1996)
Tourist routes
Tourist Drive 21 (Eastern View–Torquay)
Major junctions
East end
Surf Coast Highway Torquay, Victoria
Bells Boulevarde
Anglesea Road
Otway Lighthouse Road
Princetown Road
West end
Princes Highway Allansford, Victoria
Location(s)
Major settlements
Anglesea, Aireys Inlet, Lorne, Wye River, Kennett River, Apollo Bay, Lavers Hill, Port Campbell, Peterborough
Highway system
Highways in Australia
National Highway • Freeways in Australia
Highways in Victoria
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Aerial views of the Great Ocean Road and nearby coastline.
The Great Ocean Road is an Australian National Heritage-listed 240-kilometre (150 mi) stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia, between the Victorian towns of Torquay and Allansford. Built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932, and dedicated to soldiers killed during World War I, the road is the world's largest war memorial. Winding through varying terrain along the coast, and providing access to several prominent landmarks, including the Twelve Apostles limestone stack formations, the road is an important tourist attraction.
Aerial panorama of the coastal township of Anglesea, Victoria, on the Great Ocean Road
The city of Geelong, close to Torquay, experiences great benefit from Australian and international visitors to the road, with Geelong Otway Tourism affirming it as an invaluable asset.[2][3] In 2008, the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) listed the road as the state's top tourism experience in its Victoria 101 survey, based on places that members of the public would recommend to visitors.[4]
^Google (15 December 2021). "Great Ocean Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
^Harper, Jane (17 July 2008). "Geelong has a billion reason to thank tourists". Geelong Advertiser. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
^Cite error: The named reference geelong was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Great Ocean Road 'top tourism experience'". The Courier-Mail. Queensland Newspapers. 29 September 2008. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
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camp-sites. The track hugs coastline which is not always visible from the GreatOceanRoad; and traverses an area that hosts koalas, wallabies, echidnas, reptiles...
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proponent in the development of the GreatOceanRoad on the south-west coast of Victoria. In 1918, the GreatOceanRoad Trust was formed as a private company...
Victorian Alps. The road was given its current name because it was considered the mountain equivalent to Victoria's world-famous GreatOceanRoad in the south-west...
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Australia. Best known for its protruding location 40 metres above the GreatOceanRoad, the house boasts 200-degree views of Bass Strait and has been described...
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Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in Aireys Inlet, a small town on the GreatOceanRoad, Victoria, Australia. Originally called Eagles Nest Point, the lighthouse...
side of Cape Otway, along the edge of the Barham River and on the GreatOceanRoad, in the Colac Otway Shire. The town had a population of 1,790 at the...
two survivors of the Loch Ard wreck. The gorge is accessed via the GreatOceanRoad, 3.5 kilometres (2 miles) northwest of The Twelve Apostles. Stairs...
The 2019 Cadel Evans GreatOceanRoad Race was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 27 January 2019 in Geelong, Australia. It was the fifth edition...
The 2020 Cadel Evans GreatOceanRoad Race was a road cycling race that was held on 2 February 2020 in Geelong, Australia. It was the sixth edition of...
Evans GreatOceanRoad Race was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 29 January. It was the third edition of the Cadel Evans GreatOceanRoad Race...
The 2021 GreatOceanRoad Open was a tournament on the 2021 ATP Tour, one of six events in the 2021 Melbourne Summer Series. It was played on outdoor hard...
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the numerous international and domestic tourists vacationing in the GreatOceanRoad area. The national and international press reported extensively on...
Port Campbell National Park for travellers heading West along the GreatOceanRoad, located about 2 minutes drive from The Twelve Apostles. The name Gibson...
Global Information
B100 (1996–present)
State Route 100 (1986–1996)
Tourist Drive 21
Princes Highway
