Port Fairy
Port Fairy hits you like this: every road-weary traveller eventually realises the place feels like the Southern Ocean finally exhaling. I rolled in as Oleksandr Honcharenko with a battered old Hilux, a rattling esky, and a map that looked like it had doubled as a tea towel – and the town welcomed me with fishing […]
Anglesea River
Anglesea River might be a name you spot on a Great Ocean Road brochure at the Anglesea Visitor Information Centre – but spending real time along the Anglesea riverbanks is something entirely different. As Oleksandr Honcharenko, I’ve wandered these banks for hours, and I can tell you this place has a depth that no pamphlet […]
Aireys Inlet
Most of my memories of Aireys Inlet are about salt-encrusted hair, a relentless south-westerly wind, and a stubborn billy that wouldn’t boil because I’d set it up in the wrong spot – that’s exactly the kind of half-baked charm this Great Ocean Road seaside hamlet has. It’s not the kind of quiet coastal town that […]