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We've compiled the best of the best in Great Ocean Road - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
You can fall asleep listening to waves rolling ashore at this huge complex on 12 acres near the water's edge in Lorne. Choose from a standard room or the self-contained one- or two-bedroom apartments, which have their own kitchen and laundry. Most have nice touches like hot tubs, and all have garden or sea views and direct path access to the beach. There is a stylish restaurant and bar, as well as a good day spa. It's very popular so, despite its size, book in advance.
One of Victoria's oldest inns, this beautifully restored 1845 Georgian-style building overlooks Port Fairy's working wharf from King George Square. The locally sourced seasonal dishes on the daily changing menu may include ingredients like fresh-off-the-trawler seafood, bacon and pork from nearby farms, local buffalo cheese, and organic apple juice from a local heritage orchard. The restaurant serves dinner only. Accommodations are a mix of its popular ground-floor queen suites with snug sitting rooms and iPod docking stations and the cheaper storybook attic bedrooms. The roaring fireplaces are perfect for whiling away the hours with a good book, while breakfast is served in the light-filled conservatory with views of the charming cottage garden.
