Apollo Bay to 12 Apostles road trip: Best stops, distance & time

Apollo Bay to 12 Apostles road trip: Princetown to 12 Apostles

Many of the Great Ocean Road’s star attractions come on the stretch from Princetown to the 12 Apostles.

Clifton Beach is the in-the-know secret, but all the Great Ocean Road highlights that the tour buses come for arrive thick and fast afterwards. The Gibson Steps lead down to Gibson Beach, then the Twelve Apostles come into view. Here, a 12 Apostles helicopter flight is a great way to see the coast.

If you keep going after the 12 Apostles for a few kilometres towards Port Campbell, there are plenty more rock formations.

The Tom and Eva Lookout overlooks the Razorback, Loch Ard Gorge provides a sea-cut canyon and the Muttonbird Island Lookout peers over to a colony of shearwaters.

A little further along are the Bakers Oven and Sparks Gully. If staying the night, there is plenty of Port Campbell accommodation available.