Great Ocean Road is a 150-mile coastal highway in western Victoria known for breathtaking views, dramatic rocky coastline, and passage through Great Otway National Park. The main destination is 12 Apostles, limestone stacks rising from the ocean and resembling a sci-fi fantasy. Many travelers stay in larger beach towns such as Apollo Bay or Port Campbell, but a mid-route home base in Johanna can improve the experience. The Log House cabin sits on seven hilly acres near the coast, reached by a gated driveway. The single-story home has three bedrooms and six beds for up to eight people, with manicured landscaping, forest wildlife including deer and a koala named Jimmy, and fruit plantings like citrus, stone trees, and passion fruit. Inside are a cozy living area, dining space, and a sleek kitchen with modern amenities.
"The 150-mile coastal highway in western Victoria is matched in its breathtaking views perhaps only by California's Pacific Coast Highway. In fact, it's such a must-see that my friends who moved to Melbourne a few years ago from New York have gotten somewhat tired of taking their guests there. Thankfully, I was able to persuade them to go one more time, because the dramatic, rocky coastline-and the Great Otway National Park that it wends through-delivered on the spectacular scenery, the Brobdingnagian flora, and the only-in-Australia wildlife."
"The main destination on the GOR is 12 Apostles, an outcropping of limestone stacks rising from the ocean that look like something out of a sci-fi fantasy. While many who do the GOR stay in the larger beach towns like Apollo Bay or Port Campbell (the closest town to 12 Apostles), I wanted somewhere in the middle to have as a home base. I stumbled across this beautiful cabin in the town of Johanna, about halfway between Apollo Bay and 12 Apostles."
"Called The Log House, this Airbnb is located on a hilly seven acres just up the road from the coast and is reached via a long gated driveway. The single-story rambling home (with three bedrooms and six beds that can accommodate eight people) is set amid impeccably manicured landscaping and is backended by a forest inhabited by deer and a koala named Jimmy (whom, unfortunately, I didn't see during my stay). There's an orchard of citrus and stone trees as well as a trellis of passion fruit that guests are welcome to enjoy."
"Inside, accessed via key in a lockbox, my friends and I were met with a cozy living space with low-profile seating, a nonworking fireplace, and a TV. Beyond is the dining area and the sleek kitchen with modern amenities like a conduction stove and cool Japanese dishware."
Read at Conde Nast Traveler
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]