Discover the newly opened Mornington Peninsula Chocolaterie in Flinders, just over an hour from Melbourne, open every day 9am-5pm. You can indulge your love of chocolate and take home unique handcrafted and stunningly packaged sweet treats. You’ll be welcomed with free tastings and an amazing showroom choc filled with 180 chocolate varieties and artisan gelato. Watch French and Belgian Chocolatiers handcraft a spectacular array of truffles and traditional favourites. Enjoy a hot chocolate, Belgian waffles, macarons, best-ever brownies, old fashioned milkshakes or barista brewed coffee, and seasonal events. Join one of the daily hosted tasting sessions, hands on workshops.

Many stops along the way at little towns and lookouts

There is no better place to see koalas on the Great Ocean Road than the Kennett River Koala Walk. This is everything you need to know to plan your walk.

Apollo Bay is an Australian town in southwestern Victoria. It's a stop on the Great Ocean Road, a driving route that winds along the coast, passing through the Great Otway National Park. (Stop for lunch)

Experience the awesome natural beauty of the world-famous Twelve Apostles. Rising abruptly from the tempestuous Southern Ocean, these seven limestone stacks are the highlight of the Great Ocean Road. They are best viewed at sunset when the yellow rock turns red, orange and every shade in between. The Twelve Apostles is one of Australia's most popular attractions all year round. You'll be lucky to have the lookouts to yourself, but there are likely to be much fewer people if you arrive earlier or later in the day. If you time it right, you can view the rock stacks in their best light – at sunset. In the summer, the sun sets further out to sea, while in the winter, the sun sets closer to shore. If the clouds stay away, you’re guaranteed a memorable photographs. Get snapping and admire the results over an evening meal in nearby Port Campbell.

A few minutes' down the Great Ocean Road from the world-famous Twelve Apostles, discover another mighty rock stack and a stunning sandy beach enclosed by sheer yellow coloured limestone cliffs. The nearby Mutton Bird Island hosts a daily wildlife spectacular, while Loch Ard Gorge was the scene of the Shipwreck Coast's most famous shipping disaster. Loch Ard Gorge is the site of the most famous shipwreck on the aptly named Shipwreck Coast. The Loch Ard ran aground crashing into Mutton Bird Island in 1878. The only two survivors Tom Pearce and Eva Carmichael managed to drag themselves to the safety of the beach inside Loch Ard Gorge. For a moment, these two tragic teenagers were the talk of the English-speaking world, which very much hoped they would marry (they did not). Walk along this sandy beach, dramatically closed in by towering sandstone cliffs. Explore several other short walks in this area including the cemetery where Tom and Eva’s less fortunate shipmates are buried.