Travelling from melbourne to adelaide - good places to stay on the way?

Hi,

I will be travelling from melbourne to adelaide over the course of a
week and would like some recommedations on places to stop of and stay
for a couple of nights. Can any name any places worth stopping? Thanks

Burnsy

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Hi,

I will be travelling from melbourne to adelaide over the course of a
week and would like some recommedations on places to stop of and stay
for a couple of nights. Can any name any places worth stopping? Thanks

Burnsy


Which way are you going, coastal or inland?

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Hi,

I will be travelling from melbourne to adelaide over the course of a
week and would like some recommedations on places to stop of and stay
for a couple of nights. Can any name any places worth stopping? Thanks

Burnsy

Portland or Warrnambool, in Victoria. Mt Gambier in South Australia. All
are via the coastal route, which incorporates the Great Ocean Road.

Regards

David Bennetts

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 07:23:13 +1100, "David Bennetts"
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Hi,

I will be travelling from melbourne to adelaide over the course of a
week and would like some recommedations on places to stop of and stay
for a couple of nights. Can any name any places worth stopping? Thanks

Burnsy

Portland or Warrnambool, in Victoria. Mt Gambier in South Australia. All
are via the coastal route, which incorporates the Great Ocean Road.

Regards

David Bennetts

No arguments; but I'd add almost any of the coastal towns as
good stops - Lorne, Port Campbell, Port Fairy (lovely little
town), Portland. Even Nelson (stay in a cabin in the
riverside Caravan Park) with a side trip to the Glenelg
National Park is worth a night.

I'd definitely agree with going the coastal route compared
to the inland.

Cheers, Alan, Australia
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As the other poster stated, the great Ocean road from Apollo Bay towards
Warrnambool and then onto Mt Gambier would be the best way to go.
Lots to see at all the places on the way. Stop overnight at Apollo Bay or
Lorne, Warrnambool, Portland & Mt Gambier Lots to see in all those places.
Once getting to Mt Gambier, see the Lakesand other things .
Then I would suggest then going the inland route on Riddoch highway, through
Coonawarra, Penola, Naracoorte, Padthaway & Keith, stopping to see the
Limestone caves just before Naracoorte and just off the Penola road, then
onto Padthaway & Keith then via the main Dukes highway towards Tailem Bend ,
Murray Bridge to Adelaide. You may need to stop overnight somewhere between
Mt Gambier and Adelaide, depending upon what you stop to see.

If you are into wines, then Coonawarra has lots and Padthaway has Hardy's
Stonehaven winery (about 6kms Naracoorte side of Padthaway) and has a
tasting centre on main road (Padthaway wines are better IMHO than
Coonawarra wines, even though Coonawarra has been around longer and more
well known).

Tailem Bend Bakery has a great range of goodies and its pasties are larger
than anywhere else I have found and I have travelled all around Australia.
JohnH

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On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 07:23:13 +1100, "David Bennetts"
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wrote in message
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Hi,

I will be travelling from melbourne to adelaide over the course of a
week and would like some recommedations on places to stop of and stay
for a couple of nights. Can any name any places worth stopping? Thanks

Burnsy

Portland or Warrnambool, in Victoria. Mt Gambier in South Australia.
All
are via the coastal route, which incorporates the Great Ocean Road.

Regards

David Bennetts

No arguments; but I'd add almost any of the coastal towns as
good stops - Lorne, Port Campbell, Port Fairy (lovely little
town), Portland. Even Nelson (stay in a cabin in the
riverside Caravan Park) with a side trip to the Glenelg
National Park is worth a night.

I'd definitely agree with going the coastal route compared
to the inland.

Cheers, Alan, Australia
--
http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/
latest: Epidaurus
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/

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Hi,

I will be travelling from melbourne to adelaide over the course of a
week and would like some recommedations on places to stop of and stay
for a couple of nights. Can any name any places worth stopping? Thanks

Burnsy


Also Otway NP (Johanna Beach is a good camping spot) and Otway State Forest
(various waterfalls) are well worth a visit!

Marcel

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Hi,

I will be travelling from melbourne to adelaide over the course of a
week and would like some recommedations on places to stop of and stay
for a couple of nights. Can any name any places worth stopping? Thanks

Burnsy


A week is just too short. My favourite was the historical town of Port
Fairy. Plenty of places to stay, interesting old buildings, a great little
port and restaurants.

Kerry

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On Mar 23, 2:55 pm, wrote:

I will be travelling from melbourne to adelaide over the course of a
week and would like some recommedations on places to stop of and stay

Recommendations are funny things of course - what
interests some people is of little interest to
others.

Some web sites to maybe have a look at so you can see
what there's to see (and what appeals to you) a

- www.greatoceanroad.org
Great Ocean Road web site, covers the coastal
route in Victoria with links to continuing on into
South Australia.

- http://www.travelvictoria.com.au/reg...reatoceanroad/
Covers route from Melbourne to state border including
some photo galleries.