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<ul>
	<li>Cancellations up to 7 days prior to the trip will incur a cancellation fee of 25% tour price (if booked via agent extra cancellation fees might apply)</li>
	<li>Cancellations within 7 days result in loss of full fee</li>
	<li>Date or tour changes are permitted up to 7 days prior to the current tour booked, subject to availability</li>
	<li>Failing to attend the tour, or arriving late at the pickup point will result in loss of all money paid</li>
</ul>

<ul>
	<li>Meals&nbsp;</li>
	<li>Optional helicopter ride over the 12 Apostles</li>
</ul>

<ul>
	<li>Hat, sunglasses and sunscreen</li>
	<li>Rain jacket (just in case)</li>
	<li>Warm clothes (just in case)</li>
	<li>Bathers</li>
	<li>Towel</li>
	<li>Camera (spare battery and memory card &ndash; you will need it)</li>
	<li>Comfortable walking shoes</li>
</ul>

This immersive 3-day experience along the Great Ocean Road is the best way to experience everything this destination has to offer. See icons like the 12 Apostles, visit quaint seaside towns, and fly through the treetops of the Otway rainforest on a thrilling zipline adventure. Plus, you&#39;ll enjoy the unique experience of the 12 Apostles at sunset.&nbsp;

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<h4>Day 1&nbsp;</h4>

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Your tour starts with&nbsp;convenient collection&nbsp;from a range of&nbsp;Melbourne hotel&nbsp;locations in the CBD. The pick-ups are early to&nbsp;avoid the traffic&nbsp;and beat the crowds.

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The first stop on Day 1 is&nbsp;Torquay, the&nbsp;iconic surf town&nbsp;and a great place to enjoy&nbsp;morning tea. Just out of town is&nbsp;Bells Beach,&nbsp;one of the most&nbsp;famous surf breaks in Victoria&nbsp;with breathtaking views from the clifftop&nbsp;&ndash; keep an eye out for kangaroos while you&#39;re here!

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Satisfy your&nbsp;sweet tooth&nbsp;with a stop at the&nbsp;Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie &amp; Ice Creamery,&nbsp;before making another stop in&nbsp;Anglesea, a quaint town with&nbsp;sprawling beaches, towering cliffs, and&nbsp;coastal walking trails.&nbsp;

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Soak up some fresh air in&nbsp;Aireys Inlet, with a visit to&nbsp;Split Point lighthouse &amp; boardwalk,&nbsp;which stands high above the Shipwreck Coast. You might even recognise it as the&nbsp;lighthouse from Aussie TV favourite,&nbsp;Round the Twist!

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To round out the morning, you&#39;ll also visit&nbsp;Fairhaven Beach, the&nbsp;longest beach on the Great Ocean Road;&nbsp;Memorial Arch, which&nbsp;honours the returned soldiers&nbsp;who helped build the road after World War 1; and&nbsp;Erskine Falls, which&nbsp;cascades 30 metres into a beautiful gully.

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Stop for lunch&nbsp;(own expense) in&nbsp;Lorne, where you&#39;ll have time to&nbsp;explore the town, shops, and beach, taking in the fresh air and discovering the buzzing arts community.

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With full bellies, the journey continues. Stretch your legs with a&nbsp;stop at Sheoak Falls, where the&nbsp;walking track winds its&nbsp;way through woodlands&nbsp;to the stunning hidden cascades of the waterfalls. Along the way,&nbsp;you&#39;ll stop at&nbsp;various scenic lookouts&nbsp;along the road, so keep your camera handy to capture these amazing views. Keep a lookout&nbsp;for koalas in the Kennett River area and watch for&nbsp;wild parrots.

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As you approach&nbsp;Apollo Bay, stop at&nbsp;Marriners Lookout. Take the&nbsp;easy 10-minute walk&nbsp;from the car park for incredible&nbsp;views of the ocean, beach, hinterland, and town.&nbsp;You might even&nbsp;spot hang-gliders taking off&nbsp;from this popular launch site!

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Finally, arriving in&nbsp;Apollo Bay, you&#39;ll have time to&nbsp;explore the town,&nbsp;maybe&nbsp;take a swim, and stop at one of the many restaurants for dinner (not included). You&#39;ll&nbsp;spend the night at&nbsp;Apollo Bay Echo YHA or similar&nbsp;backpacker accommodation.

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<h4>Day 2</h4>

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It&#39;s an early start to the day, departing your Apollo Bay accommodation at 8:00 am.&nbsp;The first stop is Maits Rest,&nbsp;an&nbsp;easy 800-metre walk through temperate rainforest&nbsp;that will get your blood flowing. See the beautiful&nbsp;fern gardens&nbsp;and&nbsp;giant trees as old as 300 years.&nbsp;

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Take a trip back in time with a stop at&nbsp;Cape Otway Lightstation, the oldest surviving lighthouse on mainland Australia. It was built in 1848 and&nbsp;sits 90 metres above the pristine ocean of Bass Strait.&nbsp;From winter to spring, this is an excellent vantage point for spotting migrating whales.&nbsp;

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Then, breathe in even more&nbsp;fresh sea air at&nbsp;Castle Cove Lookout&nbsp;before exploring the&nbsp;Otway Forest. Finally, stop in&nbsp;Lavers Hill,&nbsp;a charming rainforest town, for&nbsp;lunch (not included).&nbsp;

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After lunch, the tour arrives at the&nbsp;Otway Fly Treetop Adventure.&nbsp;Take the Treetop Walk, a 600 metre-long, 25-30-metre-high elevated walkway that provides unrivalled views of the unique beauty of the region&#39;s flora and fauna from the rainforest floor up into the soaring heights of the treetops. You&#39;ll also&nbsp;do the&nbsp;thrilling&nbsp;Zip Line Tour that features 8 cloud stations, 6 flights and 2 suspension bridges.

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Your overnight stop is at Port Campbell, where you&#39;ll head to next to check in and enjoy some free time. Then, it&#39;s back on the bus to view the sunset over the 12 Apostles &ndash; it&#39;s incredible enough during the daytime, but golden hour takes the experience to another level. Once it&#39;s dark, head back to Port Campbell for a well-earned night&#39;s rest.

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<h4>Day 3</h4>

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Start the day on a high with the first stop &ndash; the Gibson Steps. They&#39;re&nbsp;carved into the cliffs&nbsp;and give you access to the beach where the 12 Apostles sit offshore. Weather permitting,&nbsp;you can walk along the beach&nbsp;to see two stacks from ground level, putting their impressive grandeur into perspective. Then, marvel at the daytime view of the&nbsp;12 Apostles&nbsp;rising majestically from the Southern Ocean as they battle the unforgiving waves.&nbsp;

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You&#39;ll also have the&nbsp;option to add on a scenic helicopter flight&nbsp;here, too, weather and availability permitting.&nbsp;

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Visit&nbsp;Loch Ard Gorge, Razorback, and Island Archway, followed by&nbsp;The Arch, then London Bridge. These&nbsp;impressive rock formations&nbsp;are a marvel to see and are interspersed with beautiful beaches and scenic views. Finally, stop at The Grotto, an&nbsp;enchanting formation that&#39;s a mix of a&nbsp;blowhole, cave, and archway.

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Round out the morning in the tiny town of&nbsp;Peterborough, which is home to the&nbsp;Bay of Martyrs and the Bay of Islands, both of which boast&nbsp;sheer cliffs, rock stacks, and an abundance of wildflowers.&nbsp;

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Enjoy lunch (not included)&nbsp;back in&nbsp;Port Campbell, exploring the beach and shops before returning to Melbourne via Colac and the inland dairy farm country.&nbsp;

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<h4>Where we Visit:&nbsp;</h4>

<ul>
	<li>Torquay&nbsp;</li>
	<li>Bells Beach&nbsp;</li>
	<li>Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie &amp; Ice Creamery</li>
	<li>Anglesea</li>
	<li>Aireys Inlet and the Split Point Lighthouse</li>
	<li>FairhavenBeach</li>
	<li>Memorial Arch</li>
	<li>Erskine Falls</li>
	<li>Lorne</li>
	<li>Sheoak Waterfalls</li>
	<li>Marriner&#39;s Lookout</li>
	<li>Apollo Bay</li>
	<li>Maits Rest&nbsp;</li>
	<li>Cape Otway Lighthouse</li>
	<li>Castle Cove</li>
	<li>Otway Forest</li>
	<li>Lavers Hill</li>
	<li>Otway Fly Treetop Adventure</li>
	<li>Port Campbell</li>
	<li>The 12 Apostles&nbsp;</li>
	<li>Gibson Steps</li>
	<li>Loch Ard Gorge, Razorback, Island Archway</li>
	<li>The Arch</li>
	<li>London Bridge</li>
	<li>The Grotto</li>
	<li>Peterborough</li>
	<li>Bay of Martyrs</li>
	<li>Bay of Islands</li>
	<li>Colac</li>
</ul>

Duration

Start & End Time

Max Group Size

Pick-Up & Drop-Off

Meals

Start & End Location

Around And About Travel

Adina Apartment Hotel Queen Street

Alto Hotel

Atlantis Hotel

Causeway 353

Citadines on Bourke

City Centre Budget Hotel,

City Tempo

Clarion Suites Gateway

Coffee Palace

Crown Promenade Melbourne,

Europa Melbourne

Flinder's Street Sation. Elizabeth street entrance

Grand Chancellor

Grand Hyatt

Great Southern Hotel

Habitat HQ

Hotel Discovery

ibis Melbourne Hotel and Apartments, Therry Street

ibis Styles Kingsgate Hotel, King Street

ibis Styles Melbourne, The Victoria Hotel,

InterContinental Melbourne The Rialto

Jasper hotel

Mantra 100 Exhibition

Mantra on Little Bourke

Mantra on Russell

Melbourne City Backpackers

Melbourne Marriott Hotel

Mercure Melbourne Southbank  

Mercure Melbourne Treasury Gardens

Miami Hotel Melbourne

Nomad Backpackers

Novotel Melbourne on Collins,

Novotel Melbourne St Kilda,

Oaks on Collins

Pegasus Apart'Hotel

Radisson on Flagstaff Gardens Melbourne,

Rydges Melbourne

Sebel Melbourne Docklands

Sofitel Melbourne on Collins

Space Hotel

St Paul's Cathedral, Flinders Street.

Stamford Plaza Melbourne

The Village Melbourne,

Travelodge Hotel Docklands

Urban Apartments Melbourne on Elizabeth (formely Somerset on Elizabeth Melbourne)

YEHS Hotel Melbourne CBD Little Bourke Street

YHA Melbourne Central

Would recommend the tour. Well worth the money

Had a brilliant time with our guide

Our favorite excursion of the whole vacation.

We had a great fun.

Very knowledgeable and passionate guides.

We had a great time

<ul>
	<li>Get up to $40 cash back per person when you book with us</li>
	<li>A 3-day small-group exploration along the iconic Great Ocean Road</li>
	<li>Stops at highlights including&nbsp;Bells Beach, Erskine Falls, Lorne, Otway Forest,&nbsp;&amp; Loch Ard Gorge</li>
	<li>See the 12 Apostles at sunset&nbsp;</li>
	<li>2-nights accommodation in a&nbsp;shared dorm room, with shared facilities</li>
	<li>Entry to Otway Fly Treetop Adventure &amp; its treetop walk, including&nbsp;a ziplining adventure</li>
	<li>Morning tea, chilled water, &amp; fresh fruit each day</li>
	<li>Transport in a&nbsp;comfortable 12-seater mini-bus, letting you go places large tour buses can&#39;t</li>
	<li>Convenient return transfers from selected Melbourne accommodation</li>
</ul>

<h4>Covid-19 Special Conditions and Rules</h4>

<ul>
	<li>The following rules, refund and cancellation policies are for all new bookings from the 1st &nbsp;September 2020 until further notice.</li>
	<li>Cancellation is allowed up to 24 hours before departure. A full refund will be provided on all direct bookings on the website. (if booking via an agent, please check with them regards their cancellation policy)</li>
	<li>Date or tour changes are permitted up to 24 hours prior to the current departure date, subject to availability</li>
	<li>If customers have any symptoms for Covid-19 they will not be allowed to board the bus. They will need to reschedule or cancel the tour and get a full refund</li>
	<li>Passengers need to follow social distance and remain in their seat allocated by the driver</li>
	<li>Passengers need to keep the same seat for the complete trip</li>
	<li>Passengers need to use hand sanitiser before getting onto the bus</li>
	<li>Face mask to be worn (as per local government regulations)</li>
	<li>All passengers need to be fully vaccinated, and provide proof before boarding the bus</li>
	<li>Passengers will be required to provide details of all travellers at the time of booking (Name, Email, Phone)</li>
	<li>Around And About might have to cancel the tour on short notice if the driver is ill</li>
	<li>All other terms and conditions, rules and policies remain as is.</li>
</ul>

<h4>Payment and refund policy</h4>

<ul>
	<li>Prices may change without notice</li>
	<li>Full payment is required when booking online or via a booking agent</li>
	<li>Cancellations up to 21 days prior to departure will incur a cancellation fee of 10% tour price (if booked via agent extra cancellation fees might apply)</li>
	<li>Cancellations between 21 days and 7 days prior to departure will incur a cancellation fee of 25% tour price (if booked via agent extra cancellation fees might apply)</li>
	<li>Cancellations within 7 days result in loss of full fee</li>
	<li>Date or tour changes are permitted up to 7 days prior to the current departure date, subject to availability</li>
	<li>Failing to attend the tour, or arriving late at the pickup point will result in loss of all money paid</li>
	<li>All prices are in Australian Dollars including GST</li>
</ul>

<h4>Terms and Conditions</h4>

<ul>
	<li>Route and stops might vary due to unforeseen circumstances</li>
	<li>Tours may change or be cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances</li>
	<li>The Operator does not take responsibility for any injuries sustained whilst on the tour</li>
	<li>All activities are done at your own risk</li>
	<li>The Operator does not take responsibility for the loss or damage of any personal property</li>
	<li>The Operator highly recommends all passengers to have travel insurance coverage</li>
</ul>

<h4>Pickup and Bus Rules</h4>

<ul>
	<li>Passengers must be waiting outside the front of the selected pickup location 5 minutes prior to pick up time</li>
	<li>Pick up time might vary due to traffic conditions</li>
	<li>If your bus has not arrived with 10 mins of pickup time please contact us</li>
	<li>Seat belts must &nbsp;be worn while travelling in the vehicle</li>
	<li>All passengers, including children, need to have a seat. (Baby seats available on request)</li>
	<li>No standing or moving seats while the vehicle is travelling</li>
	<li>No smoking on the bus</li>
	<li>No drinking of alcohol on the bus</li>
	<li>Passengers are welcome to eat and drink on the bus. (No Alcohol)</li>
	<li>All rubbish to be placed in the rubbish bin</li>
	<li>Remember to bring your own water bottle</li>
	<li>Free wifi while travelling back to Melbourne (end of tour). This is subject to a signal</li>
</ul>

<ul>
	<li>Route and stops might vary due to unforeseen circumstances</li>
	<li>Tours may change or be cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances</li>
	<li>The Operator does not take responsibility for any injuries sustained whilst on the tour and all activities are done at your own risk&nbsp;</li>
	<li>Passengers must be waiting outside the front of your selected pick-up location 5 minutes prior to your pick up time. The pickup time might vary due to traffic conditions and seatbelts MUST be worn while travelling in the vehicle</li>
	<li>The minimum age for the Treetop Adventure is&nbsp;5 years of age &amp; a minimum height of 125cm tall, &amp; all children under 13 years must be accompanied by an adult. The maximum weight is 120kgs fully clothed</li>
</ul>

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