Apollo Bay

Apollo Bay is located between Wye River and Cape Otway on the Great Ocean Road. As a popular tourist destination, Apollo Bay offers both swimming and surf beaches. The town centre features an excellent selection of restaurants and cafes. Panoramic views can be enjoyed from the Marriners Lookout, located at the northern end of town off Marriners Lookout Road. It's a short walk from the car park along a scenic mountainside pathway to the lookout where there are views of Apollo Bay's town centre, the harbour and beaches up and down the coast.

Apollo Bay is home to the Bass Strait Shell Museum (collection of local and overseas shells, coral and preserved sea life specimens) and the Old Cable Station Museum (collections of local memorabilia housed in the former cable station which was used for communications between Tasmania and the Australian mainland). The small seaside community of Marengo is located just south of Apollo Bay on the other side of the Barham River and it offers quiet, sandy beaches. The rugged and bushy Great Otway National Park, which includes a lighthouse at Cape Otway, is easily accessible, making Apollo Bay a great place to enjoy the coast and the bushy hinterland of the Otway Ranges.