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Southern Coast

This package includes:

5 Nights accommodation with ensuite bathrooms
Rental car for 5 days
This touring route follows the spectacular Great Ocean Road along the Southern Coast. Rugged cliffs, sandy coves, windswept dunes and dramatic rock formations including the 12 Apostles are highlights of the 'Shipwreck Coast'. As you leave the coast and travel inland from Mt Gambier, visit the beautiful Coonawarra wine district of South Australia with its many wineries open for visiting and tasting.
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Cost: AUD$400 per person

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AUD$400 per person

Day 1.

Melbourne to Apollo Bay (148 km — allow 3 hours as the coastal road is windy). Discover Melbourne, Australia’s second largest city and capital of Victoria. Melbourne is contemporary, sophisticated and international in style with an abundance of good food and wine and great shopping, Melbourne is considered the fashion capital of Australia. Head south from Melbourne along the Southern Coast, stopping in Lorne where the wide beachfront boulevard of Mountjoy Parade has a distinct Mediterranean feel with sidewalk bars and cafes. Travel on along the rugged coast of Cape Otway to Apollo Bay. From here you can take a short drive up to the Otway Ranges and take short bush walks to the waterfalls and cascades.

Day 2.

Apollo Bay to Mt Gambier (408 km — allow 5.5 hours driving). Drive onto Port Campbell and visit the Port Campbell National Park where you can view along the coastline the spectacular Twelve Apostles. These natural stone pillars rise out of the sea along what is known as the Shipwreck Coast for obvious reasons. It is also possible to see Southern Right whales along the coast between May and October. Drive onto the charming riverside town of Port Fairy, a small fishing village which has retained many of it’s original whalers cottages and old buildings. From here you drive on to Cape Bridgewater where you can visit the Australian Fur Seal Colony and onto Mt Gambier, just inside the border of South Australia.

Day 3.

Mt Gambier and surrounding wine areas. Mt Gambier is home to the Blue Lake, formed in a volcanic crater, it changes mysteriously in colour from turquoise blue in November to a more somber blue grey in the Autumn. Visit the Lake and other craters, caves and sink holes. Mt Gambier is a great base for exploring the South Australia wine regions of the Coonawarra and enjoy tastings and the atmosphere of the wineries.

Day 4.

Mt Gambier to Adelaide ( Inland road 418 km or Coastal road 413 km — allow 5 hours ). The Inland drive takes you through the Coonawarra wine district of South Australia, lush farmlands hosting sheep and cattle stations and onto Adelaide via the Murray River. On the Coastal route, stop off at Robe with its great fishing and sandy white beaches, Cape Jaffa and the Coorong National Park.

Day 5.

Adelaide is a stylish and friendly city with a meticulously planned city centre of wide streets and little traffic congestion and everything within easy reach — beaches, hills and wineries. By taking a 45 minute ferry ride from Cape Jervis (120 km south of Adelaide), you can also visit Kangaroo Island. For those interested in wildlife and conservation, we recommend a night on the island.

AUD$400 per person

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