2 Best Sights in Port Fairy, Great Ocean Road

This reserve—Victoria's largest dormant volcano—is packed with native Australian animals, fence-free in their natural state. The Worn Gundidj Visitor Centre in the reserve was built by one of Australia's most prominent architects, Robin Boyd. Here, you can join a cultural interpretative walk to explore Indigenous lifestyles, bush food, and medicine, and learn about the local inhabitants, which include emus, sugar gliders, koalas, kangaroos, birds, and reptiles. The two-hour tour is A$90 per person. Parks Victoria's website (  www.parks.vic.gov.au) also has a map of the reserve and self-guided walking trails.

The historical society's museum contains relics from the 19th-century whaling days, when Port Fairy was a whaling station with one of the largest ports in Victoria. It also highlights the stories of the many ships that have come to grief along this dangerous coast.