Great Ocean Road
A 240 kilometre road along Victoria's south-west coast between Torquay and Allansford, built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932. It was dedicated to those killed in the First World War, making it the world's largest war memorial, and it leads to the Twelve Apostles.
- Where
- Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- -38.7339, 143.6872
Get the Great Ocean Road stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Great Ocean Road. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Victoria volume with your photos and a note.
Near Great Ocean Road
Loch Ard Gorge 54 km
A narrow cove in Port Campbell National Park, a few minutes' drive west of the Twelve Apostles, with a small sandy beach enclosed by high limestone cliffs. It takes its name from the clipper Loch Ard, which was wrecked nearby in 1878.
Twelve Apostles 56 km
Limestone stacks standing in the surf off Port Campbell National Park, carved from the cliffs by the Southern Ocean. There were never really twelve, and the waves keep wearing them down, but at sunset from the clifftop lookout they glow orange.
Sovereign Hill 130 km
An open-air museum in Ballarat that recreates the town's first ten years after gold was found there in 1851. Costumed people work the shops and smithies along its main street, and visitors can pan for gold in the creek.
Phillip Island 138 km
An island about 125 kilometres south-east of Melbourne, named after Governor Arthur Phillip by the explorer George Bass in 1798. At dusk little penguins come ashore in their hundreds at Summerland Beach, and the island also has a motorcycle Grand Prix circuit.
St Kilda Pier 148 km
A 300 metre pier reaching into Port Phillip Bay from the St Kilda foreshore, joined to a stone breakwater. A colony of little penguins lives among the breakwater rocks, and the walk to the old pavilion kiosk at the end looks back to the city towers.
Shrine of Remembrance 151 km
A war memorial in Kings Domain on St Kilda Road, built to honour Victorians who served in the First World War and now remembering all Australians who have served. At 11 o'clock on 11 November a ray of sunlight falls through the roof onto the word Love on the Stone of Remembrance.
Eureka Tower 151 km
A 297 metre residential tower in Southbank, completed in 2006, its top floors capped with gold-plated glass. The Skydeck near the summit looks out over the whole city, and a glass box slides out from the building over the street below.
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne 151 km
Botanic gardens beside the Yarra, just south of the city centre, with sweeping lawns, lakes and plant collections from around the world. They are the Melbourne half of Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, whose second site at Cranbourne is devoted to Australian plants.
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Questions
Where is Great Ocean Road?
Great Ocean Road is in Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Loch Ard Gorge (54 km), Twelve Apostles (56 km), Sovereign Hill (130 km).
How do I get the Great Ocean Road stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Great Ocean Road and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Victoria volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Great Ocean Road before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Victoria volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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