Torquay, Australia Travel Blogs

The beginning of the Great Ocean Road....
Feb 13, 2005 (6 photos)

... to jump on the first bus out. The first stop was Torquay and the beginning of GOR. It was also the birthplace of surfing in Australia. I headed to the Bells Beach Lodge - the only backpackers in town and managed to get a bed. It wasn't long before I ...

First week of school...and surfing!
Feb 26, 2007 (23 photos)

... .  It worked!  I met an interesting fellow about my age who works in China, but was back in Australia to go to his friends wedding in Torquay.  His sister was coming to pick him up and said they would drop me off near the hostel.  Once ...

Torquay
Oct 17, 2007

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Party in Geelong and Surfing Bell's Beach
Aug 27, 2006 (7 photos)

... things down instead..woke up around 10,grabbed some breakfast at Sam's cafe and hit the road south towards the surfing town of Torquay (where Rip Curl and Quicksilver started up). We pulled up on the main drag and checked out some of the shops, the boys ...

Day at the beach (one of many!!!)
Dec 10, 2005 (9 photos)

... to speak to over the festive period. These pics are from a wee day at the beach (one of our many trips I should say) at Torquay which is a town just at the start of the great ocean road. Karen and I are now getting used to our permatans, doesn't stop ...

'No way Bell's is bigger than Waimea bro...'
Sep 9, 2009 (1 photos)

... some boards and wetsuits to sell, and eventually it turned into a multi million dollar international brand. The headquarters is still in Torquay (probably as they still want to be close to such a world renowned surf beach) and we spent an hour shopping in ...

Bells Beach In The Mystery Machine!
Feb 6, 2007 (15 photos)

... i come round the corner blasting the horn,watched the Office box set back to back and got wasted at his house before settin off for Torquay next am.Stopped at Si's greek aunts on way to get his board,realised had a hole in the radiator of van as lad had ...

The great ocean road
Dec 23, 2008 (3 photos)

... back.  We did stop on the way to take a picnic lunch of the stuff I got at the market the morning.  We also stopped in Torquay, where EVERYTHING was surf-related. Even the library had "surf" all over it. By the time we returned the car and got back to the ...

The Great Ocean Road
Mar 28, 2008 (35 photos)

Road trip...

Start of the Great Ocean Road
Dec 10, 2005 (2 photos)

... of the local 'juice bar' but decided we weren't in the mood for a smoothie. Juice bars are all over the place in Australia, where you can get milkshakes, smoothies, iced drinks, juices, etc, but then they have got the climate for them! We drove along ...

great ocean road
May 6, 2007

... village is a marvell.. don't do it on a two-three days tour.. there is enough to spent a month around there... Torquay, Bells, Lorne, Appollo Bay, Anglesea, Cap Otaway, 12 Apostle, Johanna beach, Port Campbell, Warnambool.. Port Fairy, Portland.. if you ...

Surf's Up
Feb 2, 2008 (4 photos)

Surf and sun is up and we're loving it, even if we have got mullered by a few choice waves a few times.  Torquay is somewhat different to its UK rival (replace retirees with surf-dudes and chicks) and has a lot going for it including lots of surfwear ...

Torquay Bells Beach And Rip Scooby Doo Van
Feb 16, 2007 (13 photos)

... ,deckchairs over looking the city before Si flew off to New Zealand on his working visa next morning. Decided to head down to torquay again with Jens in the bus and hired out another board,sleeping at side of road in the bed at back,surfing all day ...

Changes of plan!
Mar 2, 2007 (7 photos)

... prepared with mobile numbers and resumes - and by the time I was prepared, I felt like I wanted to see some more Australian Australia before I work in a city (if I do).  So I've headed out west along the "Great Ocean Road" which runs between Melbourne ...

pics bells rip curl pro, fiesta et fin
Apr 13, 2007 (72 photos)

... 8em3, 4 1/2 et finale.. le nom vous dira surement rien, mais c est Taj Burrow qui a gagne.. il est de Yallingup, Western australia... c est un de mes favoris apres Occy. il a gagne sous la clameur du public.. et sous le son du digeridoo.. on se serait cru ...

more
Jul 18, 2006

Tried to get stuff done, made my phone calls, but the internet café is closed on Mondays as well, so couldn't make any progress. Its nice talking to mom and dad everyday, because well until today that's pretty much all the talking I do all day. Took the ...

Driving Miss Daisy
Jan 6, 2009 (17 photos)

... prices, we found most decent guest houses full. We thus decided to have a seafood dinner (mostly deep fried - no wonder Australia is the most obese nation) overlooking the harbour, with a glorious sunset before pushing on to the next town of Genoa - ...

surfing goddesses
Mar 15, 2006

We're in the surfing capital of Australia for a few days.. I had a surf lesson.. am not a natural.. its actually really difficult! But was lots of fun though am going to have many bruises tomorrow! Unfortunately Nicki is a sicky lady so she couldn't go ...

Torquay
Jan 12, 2006 (7 photos)

... block since I bought my ticket to come here but it wa well worth it. On our first day out (Jan.2), we drove through to Torquay but after about an hour of searching for a place to sleep and getting pulled over for not wearing our seatbelts (left of the hook ...

Great Ocean Road
Jul 26, 2007 (74 photos)

... related. I didn't buy anything and as there wasn't much swell I didn't go surfing either . It's the middle of winter in Australia at the moment and this was really evident in the hostel I stayed where I was the only guest! I got an early start the ...

rar
Jul 16, 2006

... to everything. Im in the thick of it. Im doing what I said Id be doing. Going to school at Bells Beach, interning in Torquay. Im very very excited to get started. Classes don't start until Friday (no tutorials), and I won't move in until next Sunday- but ...

Testing Betsy in Torquay
Oct 27, 2008 (23 photos)

... morning was for much needed admin time in Brighton library during which we decided to change our flights to allow us to stay in Australia longer and get more use out of Betsy before having to think about selling her.  That all done, the four of ...

The Bowens Place
Dec 8, 2008

... alot of my parents.  if your reading this sally and ken, thanks again for everything! oh yeah, and Georgia took us to the torquay golf course and we got within a foot of some wild kangaroos, it was amazing.  Niss met up with us after and we ...

born at Bells
Apr 6, 2007

... a conduire.. c est super long et large.. me voila sur la route.. pas mal de circul.. c est vendredi saint.. arrive a Torquay.. je reconnais plus la ville... ca a passe d une petite bourgade tranquille avec quelques magases de surf a un grand centre ...

Brisbane to Hervey Bay
Sep 2, 2009 (49 photos)

... us the opportunity to photograph our first ‘big thing’. There are numerous famous and not-so-famous big things around Australia. You probably already have Sydney Harbour Bridge in mind. However, it’s not quite in that vein. This is the ...

road trip day twelve - rainy days
Nov 7, 2008

... . We decided to just drive as far to Melbourne as we could, which turned out being about 100 km's away(from melb) and called Torquay. Its where they hold the pro masters surfing so its somewhere I wanted to go to anyway. (Just maybe in the sun?) By this ...

surf once again
Feb 23, 2007

conrad: we went to the ocean again, but this time to a new place called torquay.  there was surf.  the water was nice.  and i ate a nice steak sandwich with eggs in it.

Torquay, Great Ocean Road & St. Kilda
Feb 13, 2009 (4 photos)

Wicked little town for chilling out for a few days and going to the beach. Torquay is the home of Australia surfing and home to Quicksilver, Rip Curl and otherr major surfing labels. Caravan park was really well located and clean but a little cramped, ...

Great Ocean Road
Feb 23, 2008 (11 photos)

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Not the one in Cornwall
Jun 17, 2008 (8 photos)

... early and headed towards Great Ocean Road, stopping at shops to buy food and some essentials for the van. Stopped in Torquay at Torquay Foreshore Caravan Park for the night, right next to Fishermans beach. Went for our first of many chilly coastal walks ...