Beyond Warrnambool
Most places along the Great Ocean Road have started to feel like old mates, but Warrnambool is still the one place that gets me stoked every time I drive into Lady Bay or cruise up Gilles Street with the windows down. I’m Oleksandr Honcharenko, and I’ve spent years wandering this stretch of Victoria, whether I’ve […]
Peterborough
Visiting Peterborough on the Great Ocean Road has become one of those trips for me, Oleksandr Honcharenko, which I’ve managed to drag myself back to more times than I can remember – usually with my trusty thermos of billy tea rattling around the footwell & a travel plan that promptly goes out the window some […]
Local Seafood In Port Campbell
Local seafood in Port Campbell is a whole lot more than just a plate of Fish and Chips – it’s a taste of the wide open wilds of the Great Ocean Road – winds from Bass Strait whipping up the waves, the fishing ports in Apollo Bay & all the unsuspecting travellers who get caught […]
Lake Elizabeth
When I first stepped onto the damp track leading into Lake Elizabeth, I figured out I was being a bit too optimistic about how fast the Otway Ranges could soak me through. As Oleksandr Honcharenko, I’ve explored my fair share of gullies in the Great Otway National Park, but this one has a knack for […]
Ecosystems Along the Surf Coast Walk
As soon as I set foot on those first kilometres of the ecosystems along the Surf Coast Walk, winding my way along the Great Ocean Road and getting a glimpse of the vast expanse of the Southern Ocean, I was struck by just how much this track was more than just a pretty place to […]
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 […]
Great Otway National Park
Most of what you’ll read in this Great Otway National Park travel guide comes from years of wandering the Great Ocean Road — slipping through fern gullies near the Maits Rest Rainforest Boardwalk and getting thoroughly drenched somewhere between Apollo Bay and the Cape Otway Lighthouse. From Wye River down to Port Campbell National Park […]
Great Ocean Walk
Most long-distance trails have a story. The Great Ocean Walk is no exception — a rugged ribbon of coastline where the cliffs of the Shipwreck Coast are dragged into the Southern Ocean, forests sweep through Great Otway National Park, and your legs occasionally remind you they’re not as fit as you thought. I’m Oleksandr Honcharenko. […]