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A beauty by the beach on Great Ocean Road

Barwon Heads was next on the agenda for the Everitt clan and it was an easy 90-minute road trip from Melbourne or if you are coming along the Great Ocean Road in an Adelaide campervan rental then its only a 20-minute deviation from Geelong.
Barwon Heads is the most beautiful beachside village you are likely to see, especially in Victoria. There’s a tonne of beach for everyone to enjoy, including ocean, river and estuary – you name it, they have it. The Barwon Heads Caravan Park was built on multi-million dollar land which runs right along the river/estuary. There are [...]

Driving holidays – Warrnambool (Victoria)

It’s the stuff of legend. Some call it Australia’s Loch Ness. It’s the Mahogany Ship, the mystery vessel, maybe a Portuguese caravel or even a Chinese junk, claimed to lie buried beneath the dunes between Warrnambool and Port Fairy on Victoria’s notorious Shipwreck Coast.
Historians predict that if found it could rewrite the history of Australia’s discovery.
You might not find it, but walking the sands and following the clues is heaps of fun.

The journey
From Melbourne there are two choices, with either Warrnambool or Port Fairy, a little beyond, as your base.
The inland route [...]