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Chardonnay Lodge

By tony On August 16, 2012 · Add Comment · In Coonawarra, Great Ocean Road
Chardonnay Lodge is a self rated 3.5 star motel on the highway in the centre of the Coonawarra wine region.  Accommodation enjoys mixed reviews on major consumer review sites.  The property has a full service restaurant open for dinner from 6.30pm every day.
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Warrnambool

By tony On March 2, 2012 · Add Comment · In Great Ocean Road, Warrnambool
Warrnambool sits in the south-west corner of Victoria amid green dairy farm country and overlooks the deep blue of the Southern Ocean.
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Mount Gambier

By tony On March 2, 2012 · Add Comment · In Great Ocean Road, Mount Gambier
Mount Gambier is described as the city of craters lakes and caves and was built on the slopes of an extinct volcano. The Blue Lake has filled the largest of three volcanic craters and puts on a real show from November, when the water becomes a brilliant turquoise blue.
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Apollo Bay

By tony On March 2, 2012 · Add Comment · In Apollo Bay, Great Ocean Road
Though Apollo Bay hosts large numbers of touring visitors through the year and is a summer holiday favourite for Victorians, the town has retained its flavour as a working fishing village. The small permanent population benefits from the excellent range of dining options that tourism has made possible. There are 2 pubs, more than a dozen restaurants, several take out food outlets and the fishermens' co-operative sells fresh fish at the harbour. Locals and visitors alike are drawn by the natural beauty of village, beaches and those impossibly green hills.
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Port Fairy

By tony On March 1, 2012 · Add Comment · In Port Fairy
This charming old fishing village on Victoria's Great Ocean Road is steeped in history. The wide streets are lined by nineteenth century cottages, huge Norfolk pines, stone churches, bed and breakfast and other accommodation types. Many fine examples of the architecture of the 1800s remain from when the town was a whaling port, and more than 50 buildings are classified by the National Trust.
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Chris’s Beacon Point Restaurant

By tony On December 9, 2011 · Add Comment · In Beacon Point, Great Ocean Road
Overlooking Bass Strait, set high in the Otways above the Great Ocean Road, Chris's Beacon Point Restaurant and Villas has become a Mecca for gourmet travellers.
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The Vista Seafood Restaurant

By tony On December 9, 2011 · Add Comment · In Apollo Bay, Great Ocean Road
The Vista Seafood Restaurant experience focuses on providing the freshest local seafood and Chefs Glen Fisher and Andrew Jack transform it into a wonderfully unique modern Australian cuisine. Combined with the Vistas superb location and setting opposite the main beach the restaurant offers a fabulous back drop for dining out in style in Apollo Bay.
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