Peterborough Seaside Festival is held every year in January, at the Peterborough foreshore reserve. Live music, amusement rides, market stalls, animal shows and canoe races kick off at 3:00pm and run until 10:00pm, when a spectacular fireworks display lights up Newfield Bay.
Port Campbell is most well known for its shipwreck history, located as it is on the Shipwreck Coast. From the 1850s, ships sailing to Australia were a common sight along Great Ocean Road, but conditions were wild and there were no lighthouses, so it was a very hazardous route.
Head to nearby Timboon for this rustic restaurant, which is set in a beautiful bushland setting. Sit on the verandah and select a sharing plate from the extensive menu, or tour the distillery and sample the single malt whisky and spirits.
It’s easy to spend hours wandering the Great Ocean Road Wildlife Park, where you can get up close and personal with some of Australia’s most beloved wildlife. Kids can hand feed kangaroos, emus, dingoes and deer, and watch farm animals roaming free in the paddocks. The park can be found about twenty-five minutes from Port Campbell, between Lavers Hill and Princetown.
This 4km trail runs from Port Campbell beach along the coast towards the Twelve Apostles. There are plenty of opportunities to spot wildlife in the coastal heath and out towards Sentinel Rock, and the ocean views are extraordinary. Expect the walk to take about an hour and a half.
Loch Ard Gorge is one of the most dramatic sights along Great Ocean Road. The sheer gorge makes an amazing sight from above, and there are stairs leading down to the beach, where you can enjoy impressive views of the cliffs from below.
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