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Aerial views of the Great Ocean Road and nearby coastline. The Great Ocean Road is an Australian National Heritage-listed 240-kilometre (150 mi) stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia, between the Victorian towns of Torquay and Allansford.
Big Hill today is a little-developed stretch of the Great Ocean Road, with much of the locality being within the Great Otway National Park. The House at Big Hill, which won numerous architecture awards, was built there in 2011. Although the Big Hill campsite is a popular camping destination in the area, it is formally in adjacent Lorne.
Coordinates (North end); (South end); General information; Type: Highway: Length: 17.8 km (11 mi) [1]: Route number(s): B100 (1996–present): Former route number: State Route 100 (1986–1996): Tourist routes: Tourist Drive 21: Major junctions; North end: Torquay Road Belmont, Geelong: : Princes Highway; Pioneer Road; Baanip Boulevard; Lower Duneed Road; South end: Great Ocean Road Torquay ...
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The Great Ocean Road (signed B100) and Great Alpine Road (signed B500) were the first routes allocated, and with conversion beginning to the M1, in late 1996; [6] signing work had been completed for all 'M' and 'A' class roads and for approximately half of the 'B' class roads throughout Victoria by the end of June 1998. [8]
The hotel owners later leased land on the ocean side of the Great Ocean Road and built a tennis court. The Eastern View Hotel was a popular tourist destination for many years, but closed in 1957. [5] The Great Ocean Road Trust developed a nine-hole golf course at Eastern View in 1936. It closed at the beginning of World War II, and did not reopen.
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