Great Ocean Road

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Great Ocean Road / Surfcoast Highway


Length	263 km
General direction	West-East
From	Allansford
Major settlements	Port Campbell, Lavers Hill, Apollo Bay, Lorne, Aireys Inlet, Anglesea, Torquay
To	Belmont (Geelong)
Established	1920s

The Great Ocean Road (known as the Surfcoast Highway between Geelong and Torquay) which stretches along the South Eastern coast of Australia between the Victorian cities of Geelong and Warrnambool is one of Australia's great scenic coastline drives.

Hugging tightly to the coast, the road offers outstanding views of Bass Strait and the Southern Ocean. The section near Port Campbell covers some of the most scenic coastline in the world, because of its striking and dramatic natural rock formations. These formations include Loch Ard Gorge, the Grotto, London Bridge (renamed to London Arch in recent years after the 'bridge' partially collapsed), and most famously The Twelve Apostles.

Previously assigned State Route 100, it was later designated as B100 and is the VicRoads' definition of a B-rated road.

1 Speed limits
2 Gallery of sights and tourist landmarks
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Speed limits

The road's speed limit fluctuates from 80km/h (50mph) to 100km/h (62mph). However, its sharp curves make it impossible to reach those speeds in most places. It is a two lane roadway (one lane in each direction).

There are safety and speed-monitoring cameras at intervals along the road.

[edit] Gallery of sights and tourist landmarks

Main Gate at Eastern View	Great Ocean Road	Twelve Apostles	Rock formation known as "The Crags", midway between Portland and Nelson
The Grotto	Elephant Rock	The Blowhole	London Arch (formerly known as London Bridge before collapse of land section)
Great Ocean Road