Discover the breath-taking coastline of south-west Victoria. Travel one of the world's most scenic roads through an extended area that includes the world-famous Twelve Apostles, the Otways rainforest, Bells Beach, on the Surf Coast, and the Great Ocean Road itself.

Experience resort towns like Torquay, Lorne and Apollo Bay, the coastal cities of Geelong and Warrnambool, and the historic villages of Queenscliff, Port Campbell, Port Fairy and Portland

Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia, is only 140 kilometres south-east of Melbourne George Bass first discovered Phillip Island when he entered Westernport Bay in January of 1798. However long before this it had for thousands of years been part of the lands visited by the Bunurong people, the coastal to inland indigenous people of Australia In the early 1800's it received its current name of Phillip Island after the then colonial Governor. However it wasn't until the 1840's that the McHaffie family, the first permanent settlers, took up residence with a pastoral lease that covered the entire island.

By the 1870's more than a 160 settlers were calling Phillip Island home. 130 years later and the population is now approximately 7500 permanent residents. Phillip Island grown and prospered in the 200 years since it was first discovered by Europeans. The Little Penguins (fairy penguins) who are native to Phillip Island were soon also bringing in many thousands of tourists to watch their nightly return from the sea.