Victorian Southern Ocean Coast

drives of the world. The road is carved into cliffs and mountains bordering Victoria’s most rugged and densely forested stretches of coastline.
Continuing from Princetown to Warrnambool the landscape changes from dunes covered in low coastal heath to sheer awe-inspiring sandstone cliffs and stacks. It’s here on the Shipwreck Coast where you will see the famous 12 Apostles, Loch Ard Gorge and Bay of Islands.

Following the coastal road from Port Fairy to Portland the road skirts the edge of Portland Bay, the landscape is green, rich and rural, and there are some enticing stops to see the Southern Ocean.

The Discovery Coast stretching west from Portland embraces some of Victoria’s last coastal wilderness areas of wide-open beaches, sand dunes and Southern Ocean swells crashing onto rocky outcrops, spectacular bays, Glenelg River gorges, pristine coastal lakes and Princess Margaret Rose Caves.