The Extra Mile

The Apostles

The Great Ocean Road, where those coastal giants, the Twelve Apostles, rise majestically out of the Southern Ocean.

These stacks of limestone used to be known as the piglets of the 'Sow and Piglets', the sow being the nearby Muttonbird Island. In 1922 they were renamed 'The Apostles', a more appealing name for the tourists. So of course they were soon being referred to as 'The Twelve Apostles', but there was only ever nine of them. Now there are only eight.

The limestone cliffs and stacks are being eroded by the constant pounding of the Southern Ocean. In time others may fall as new stacks are made from the ever changing cliffs.

Maybe one day there might actually be twelve apostles.

A close encounter with these limestone giants is just one of the many 'close encounters' you'll experience on a seven day 'Shipwreck Coast Tour'. More about this tour is to be found here.

Kangaroo Island

Does the idea of spending a day roaming about and exploring a pristine wilderness appeal to you? Then Kangaroo Island would be just the place for you.

It's a big, diverse island made up of long crescent expanses of shimmering white sand and towering sand dunes, dense forests and wetlands.

You can see native birds and animals in their natural habitats. There's echidnas and koalas, sea lions and fur seals, goannas and even kangaroos.

For more of this sort of thing, you should check out the rest of 'The Island Coast' seven day tour. You can find much more on it here.

Phillip Island

You have to spend a whole day on Phillip Island. Is there anything to see? What are you gonna do?

Did somebody say penguins? Yes there's plenty of these charming wee folk to be seen.

There are koalas dozing - it's what they do best - in the trees and fur seals can be found basking on the rocks.

There are plenty of beautiful bays and beaches along the rugged Bass Strait coast where you can go swimming, fishing or surfing.

There is another attraction, man made, that draws plenty of people to Phillip Island.

Gentlemen (and ladies) start your engines.

This is how you can spend just one day out of a week long tour when you embark on our South East Coast Tour. You can find more information about it here.