Australia

Great Ocean Road

Australia's most scenic memorial — built by returned First World War soldiers — curls for 240 kilometres past surf towns, koala-hung eucalypts and the Twelve Apostles, limestone stacks that glow apricot at dusk.

Best forRomantic · Adventure
Approx. flying time~15h 50m from Los Angeles
Nearest airportGeelong/Melbourne (AVV)

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Why go

Australia's south-coast classic saves its trump card for the end: the Twelve Apostles, limestone towers standing in the Southern Ocean's spray. Before that come surf beaches, eucalyptus forests full of dozing koalas at Kennett River and lighthouse headlands. Two or three days from Melbourne is ideal. Sunset or helicopter for the Apostles — ideally both, honestly.

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When to go

Daytime highs run from about 13°C in July to 23°C in January. Driest in February; wettest in July, with rain on about 11 days.

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August14° · rain 11 daysCool with rain most weeks.

Monthly figures averaged from daily records for 2020–2024 at this location (ERA5 reanalysis). Highlighted months are warm and mostly dry — February and March.

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