Ferry to Torquay

Great Ocean Road - Day 1

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February 4th 2012
This morning was a sunny start to the day so we were up and showered early and on our way to the Great Ocean Road. We drove around the Mornington Peninsula to Sorrento where we caught a 40 minute car ferry across to Torquay which marks the start of the Great Ocean Road. Our first stop was Bells Beach which is a famous surfing beach, and which was packed with families enjoying the last weekend o ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more