Great Ocean Road & Grampians Tour

Did you all have a great Christmas? I definitely did, as I celebrated it on the Groovy Great Ocean Road and Grampians Tour! It all started on Christmas Eve Day. The first day was the biggest day of driving. It was quite a long way to the Grampians, but luckily enough there was entertainment from our Groovy Guide Tom!  We played a game to introduce ourselves (very good idea), so in the first hours we knew EVERYTHING about each other. He also had an iPod with heaps of music on it, so it was definitely not a boring drive! After a morning coffee stop in the Adelaide Hills and a fuel stop in another town, we arrived in Frances. This was pretty much a town with a couple of houses and a pub, and at that pub we had lunch! After that we went to MacKenzie Falls, and took a small hike to there to take some great pictures. After that we went to some other lookouts in the Grampians and lastly arrived in Halls Gap. There we stayed at the Brambuks Backpackers. We saw lots of Kangaroos and had a little Christmas Eve party before going to bed.

 

The second day we made our way into the Grampians to visit some more great lookouts before cruising along the Great Ocean Road. Here we visited some great sights like the Bay of Martyrs, London Bridge, Loch and Gorge and the most beautiful part: the Twelve Apostles. We expected to see a great sunset there, but unfortunately it started to get really cloudy. Although we still enjoyed our time there and after sunset Tom cooked us a dinner at our hostel: the 13^th Apostle. Here we met another Groovy Grape group who came from Melbourne with tour guide Lorry. We all celebrated Christmas outside, while enjoying an (alcoholic) drink!

The third and last day we continued along the Great Ocean Road, to see the Twelve Apostles in the morning light and after that we made our way to the Otway National Park, which is one of the oldest temperate rainforests in the world. We then had an hour at the beach and drove to the official start and the historical section of the Great Ocean Road, with stops in the seaside villages of Apollo Bay, Lorne, Anglesea, Bells Beach and Torquay! Around 7 PM we arrived in Melbourne, sadly the tour was over. After 1 night in Hotel Discovery, I made my way to Melbourne’s Southern Cross Station where I took the Overland Train back to Adelaide for only $54!

If you want to see the Great Ocean Road & Grampians in a Groovy way, freecall: 1800 66 11 77 or phone: +61 8 8440 1640, email: getaways@groovygrape.com.au , or surf to www.groovygrape.com.au 

     

If you want to jump on the Overland train you can surf to: http://www.greatsouthernrail.com.au/site/the_overland.jsp and select the Red Service Seat.

Or stay at Hotel Discovery in Melbourne, check out: http://www.hoteldiscovery.com.au/