Boating, canoeing and kayaking – Great Ocean Road

Experience the stunning Great Ocean Road coastline from a different perspective. Sea kayaks are a perfect way to enjoy the sheltered bays, pristine estuaries and rugged shorelines that make this coast so spectacular. Tour operators at Anglesea, Lorne and Apollo Bay cater for all levels of experience, skills and adventure tastes and offer lessons as well as tours.

For some of Australia's finest flat water canoeing, make a trip up the coast to the Glenelg River near Nelson. The river offers striking scenery from upriver snags, through rolling bush land and ancient gorges to the sweeping estuary, with well maintained campsites every 5 to 10 kilometres for those wanting to camp out.

If you’d rather not do all the work then sit back and allow yourself to be taken on a scenic cruise. Operators run trips up the Glenelg River from Nelson and most main towns along the Great Ocean Road have scenic cruises out into the ocean which take in local seal colonies or whales in season.