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Step by Step Plan for a Great Ocean Road Australia Trip

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Tour Buses on the Great Ocean Road

Tour Bus Group on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia

Tour Bus Group on the Great Ocean Road

© Kathleen Crislip
Tons o' tour bus companies ply the Great Ocean Road, and most offer the same basics: a friendly driver (you're in Australia -- everyone's friendly), pick-up and drop-off by the tour mini-bus (probably 21 passenger) at your hotel or hostel or one of several central spots, and (probably) morning tea break and any entrance fees, like to Otway National Park. Your bus tour will probably give you the option to take a helicopter ride over the Twelve Apostles, though it will cost extra. Expect to buy your own dinner on the way back to Melbourne if on a day tour.

Who to go with? It's rumored that some of the funkier tour companies, longtime Melbourne fixtures, will be going away to make room for a few big boys with big footprints... Oz Experience will remain a fine way to go, even though this company doesn't want to be thought of as a "backpackers" thing anymore and you can expect the bus to be late; try booking a tour through Viator to get a few options (click tour names to reserve a Great Ocean Road bus tour):

Go on to the next page to learn about Australian animals you'll see along the Great Ocean Road.

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