Great Ocean Road

Great Ocean Road

Victoria
Great Ocean Road; Victoria
	Great Ocean Road memorial arch at Eastern View
General information
Type	Highway
Length	240 km (149 mi)
Opened	26 November 1932
Route number(s)	B100 (1996–present)
Former; route number	State Route 100 (1986–1996)
Tourist routes	Tourist Drive 21; (Eastern View–Torquay)
Major junctions
East end	Surf Coast Highway; Torquay, Victoria
	Bells Boulevarde; Anglesea Road; Otway Lighthouse Road; Princetown Road;
West end	Princes Highway; Allansford, Victoria
Location(s)
Major settlements	Anglesea, Aireys Inlet, Lorne, Wye River, Kennett River, Apollo Bay, Lavers Hill, Port Campbell, Peterborough
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in Victoria; ; ;
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Aerial views of the Great Ocean Road and nearby coastline.

The Great Ocean Road is an Australian National Heritage-listed 240-kilometre (150 mi) stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia, between the Victorian towns of Torquay and Allansford. Built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932, and dedicated to soldiers killed during World War I, the road is the world's largest war memorial. Winding through varying terrain along the coast, and providing access to several prominent landmarks, including the Twelve Apostles limestone stack formations, the road is an important tourist attraction.

Aerial panorama of the coastal township of Anglesea, Victoria, on the Great Ocean Road

The city of Geelong, close to Torquay, experiences great benefit from Australian and international visitors to the road, with Geelong Otway Tourism affirming it as an invaluable asset.^[2]^[3] In 2008, the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) listed the road as the state's top tourism experience in its Victoria 101 survey, based on places that members of the public would recommend to visitors.^[4]

^ Google (15 December 2021). "Great Ocean Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
^ Harper, Jane (17 July 2008). "Geelong has a billion reason to thank tourists". Geelong Advertiser. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
^ Cite error: The named reference geelong was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Great Ocean Road 'top tourism experience'". The Courier-Mail. Queensland Newspapers. 29 September 2008. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2010.

[gmaps-1] Google (15 December 2021). "Great Ocean Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 15 December 2021.

[2] Harper, Jane (17 July 2008). "Geelong has a billion reason to thank tourists". Geelong Advertiser. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2010.

[geelong-3] Cite error: The named reference geelong was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] "Great Ocean Road 'top tourism experience'". The Courier-Mail. Queensland Newspapers. 29 September 2008. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2010.

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