Discover Summerlands

Summerlands

Most of my trips to the coast have been pretty memorable dont you think, but one place really stands out – Summerland Phillip Island. I’m Oleksandr Honcharenko, and I’ve spent enough time driving down long stretches of Aussie dirt tracks to know when a place’s got some real character to it, and the Summerland Peninsula […]

Koala Wildlife Park

Koala Wildlife Park

Koala Wildlife Park is the very heartbeat of Phillip Island’s eucalyptus woodlands – and as you step into the Koala Conservation Reserve, it’s like you’re entering the koalas’ own domain, on their terms – quiet, mellow and ruled entirely by the wild-born koalas who do their own thing and set their own pace. As Oleksandr […]

Peterborough

Why This Stretch Of Coast Keeps Pulling Me Back

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

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

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

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 harbour

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 […]