Join us for a road trip down the Great Ocean Road, a storied highway than runs along the Southern Ocean in Australia.
As someone who grew up within the endless roads of the United States, I am somewhat of a connoisseur when it comes to road trips. I have always enjoyed the feeling of freedom that comes with setting tires down on an open highway with no real destination in mind and simply allowing my curiosity to get the better of me, guiding me down a blurry, unplanned path in the hopes of having a good story to tell by the time it’s all over.
I’m a sucker for romantic beach towns with smatterings of pleasant wooden homes painted in warm, inviting shades, and I noticed several in Sorrento as I traveled westward. The earth eventually narrowed around Route B110 until I found myself surrounded by water at land’s end at the entrance of Searoad Ferries, where I would find my ride granting me passage across Port Phillip Bay.
I was finally face-to-face with the Southern Ocean here, so I took a moment to park and get swept up in my senses, admiring the roaring sea’s sounds, gusts, and deep blues while grabbing a quick snack to fuel up before embarking down the Great Ocean Road proper. I enjoyed the sight of surfboards toted around Bells Beach, where surfers were no doubt hoping to catch a wave in one of Australia’s most renowned places for the sport.
I trekked back to my car, uprooting from one beautiful place to yet again stumble upon another almost immediately with the inviting pier in Lorne. I couldn’t get over the Southern Ocean’s seemingly impossible shades of blue, a deep hue I had never seen in ocean water before, and decided this needed further investigation. I sat down momentarily to admire the saturation and movement of these clear waves with the sun on my face, and then I hit the road towards my next stop, Apollo Bay.
I saw signs for the Gibson Steps and the Loch and Gorge and decided that places with fun names like these demanded a stop. The Gibson Steps were a surprisingly high and imposing set of cliffs whose scale I couldn’t accurately comprehend until I gawked at them from the bottom after descending a lengthy staircase etched into the precipice. The Loch and Gorge was a quaint patch of beach flanked by tall cliff facades, giving the place a secluded, cozy feel.
We could see London Bridge from the helicopter, which actually was a bridge until the central piece collapsed in 1990, leaving behind a beautiful rocky arch domineering over the waves that was a standout on the tour. I drove over after touching down for a closer look and, mindful of the minimal daylight left, took a few pictures before continuing on.
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