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VICTORIA
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GEELONG
Geelong
The Great Ocean Road
Geelong Hotels

BALLARAT
Ballarat
Ballarat Hotels

BENDIGO
Bendigo
Bendigo Hotels

ECHUCA
Echuca
Echuca Hotels

GIPPSLAND LAKES
Lakes Entrance
Lakes Entrance Hotels

WARRNAMBOOL
Warrnambool
Warrnambool Hotels

YARRA VALLEY
Yarra Valley
Yarra Glen Hotels


OTHER PLACES TO
STAY IN VICTORIA

Hotels in Victoria
Anglesea
Apollo Bay
Ararat
Arthur's Seat
Bairnsdale
Cape Otway
Colac
Hamilton
Halls Gap
Horsham
Lorne
Maryborough
Mansfield
Merrijig
Metung
Mildura
Ocean Grove
Point Lonsdale
Port Fairy
Portland
Portsea
Queenscliff
Rutherglen
Shepparton
Sorrento
Swan Hill
Torquay
Yarra Junction
 


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The Rip
Point Lonsdale

 

THINGS TO DO
GREAT OCEAN ROAD
Great Ocean Road Day Trip
Full-Day Great Ocean Road Sunset Tour
Private Tour: Great Ocean Road Helicopter Tour
3-Day Great Ocean Road and Grampians Tour
2-Day Great Ocean Road and the Grampians
3-Day Tour: Road Trip Between Melbourne and Adelaide Including Great Ocean Road and the Grampians
Private Tour: Great Ocean Road
Great Ocean Road 2-Day Adventure Tour
Melbourne Super Saver: Great Ocean Road plus Mornington Peninsula and Melbourne Attraction Pass
 
Melbourne Super Saver: Great Ocean Road and Phillip Island plus Melbourne Attraction Pass
 

Accommodation:
Geelong
Ocean Grove
Point Lonsdale
Queenscliff
Anglesea
Apollo Bay
Cape Otway
Lorne
Torquay

If you are near Point Lonsdale it is worthwhile taking the time to wander along the pier close to the lighthouse and check out The Rip.

Point Lonsdale PierThe Rip is a dangerous piece of water lying across the mouth of Port Phillip Bay.

It is roughly triangular in shape and covers the area between Point Lonsdale on the western headland, the Shortlands Bluff near Queenscliff and Portsea on the eastern headland.

The photo above was taken on a relatively calm day so you can see why in bad weather The Rip has proven so hazardous to shipping heading to and from Melbourne.

The Rip is regarded as among the 10 worst stretches of water in the world and forms because of the power of the water surging through a narrow channel 3.5 km wide, which is further reduced by the reefs projecting from the headlands.

The varying depths of the ocean floor also play their part going from 100m deep to just 5m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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