Bay of Martyrs
Australiascenic

Great Ocean Road

Twelve Apostles, surf breaks and koalas along Victoria's southern edge

Distance
155 mi
249 km
Driving
4 hr
excl. stops
Suggested
3 days
balanced split
Stops
5
curated

Distance and driving time are measured along the mapped route through the 5 stops listed below. Officially signed versions of famous routes often quote a longer figure, since they include promoted detours this line doesn't take.

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Day by day

Distances are measured along the actual road geometry, not straight-line. Drive times exclude stops, traffic and ferry waits.

What the drive is like

Most of it is one road: the B100 carries 86% of the distance.

It never gets very high, around 459 m at most, but it's rarely flat: something like 1,513 m of climbing over the whole drive, much of it short and steep.

The bigger places on the way are Anglesea, handy for fuel and food between the stops.

Part of the drive follows the Great Ocean Road (B100).

  • B10086%
  • A15%

How high it goes

~459 mTorquayWarrnambool · 246 km
Height above sea level along the driving route, measured at about 50 points. Total climb roughly 1,513 m.

Passes and famous roads

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Famous road · On the route

Great Ocean Road (B100)

Length
243 km long

Before you go

Best time to drive it

October to April

Australian spring to autumn. Summer (December to February) is warmest but busiest, especially on weekends and over the holidays.

Driving rules

Emission zones, mandatory equipment and licence requirements change country by country, and in 2026 several of them changed mid-year.

Every stop on the Great Ocean Road

  1. Torquay

    Start

  2. Lorne

    +46 km from the last stop

  3. Apollo Bay

    +43 km from the last stop

  4. Port Campbell

    +95 km from the last stop

  5. Warrnambool

    +62 km from the last stop

Worth a detour

Curated places within 25 km of the road.

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  • Great Ocean Road

    coastal drive

    243 km Australian coastal route featuring the Twelve Apostles

  • Bells Beach

    beach

    Australia's most famous surf beach near Torquay at the start of the Great Ocean Road, home of the world's longest-running surfing contest, the Rip Curl Pro, each Easter.

  • Loch Ard Gorge

    natural wonder

    A wave-carved gorge on the Great Ocean Road named for the 1878 Loch Ard shipwreck, whose two teenage survivors washed ashore on its sheltered golden beach.

  • London Arch (London Bridge)

    natural wonder

    An offshore limestone arch on the Great Ocean Road that was a double-span 'bridge' until 1990, when the landward span famously collapsed, stranding two visitors seaward.

  • London Arch

    natural wonder

    Offshore limestone arch that lost its landward span in 1990, viewed from a clifftop platform on the Port Campbell coast.

  • Cape Otway Lightstation

    landmark

    Australia's oldest surviving mainland lighthouse, reached by a 12 km side road off the Great Ocean Road through koala habitat.

Common questions about the Great Ocean Road

How long does the Great Ocean Road take?

The driving itself is about 4 hr across 155 miles (249 km). Most people spread it over 3 days: the day-by-day breakdown on this page splits it into balanced stretches rather than equal ones, so no single day is all driving.

How many miles is the Great Ocean Road?

155 miles, or 249 km, measured along the actual road rather than straight-line between towns.

When is the best time to drive the Great Ocean Road?

October to April. Australian spring to autumn. Summer (December to February) is warmest but busiest, especially on weekends and over the holidays.

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