Torquay Hostel

... ! Never met them before and wasn't sure they actually existed 'til now... so it would be interesting! I arrived around lunchtime to Torquay. I wandered along Whites Beach and took in the fresh sea air. I checked into my hostel, Bells Beach Lodge. I ...

... was because of my first stop after Frankfurt. The older gentleman and his daughter that I met at the hostel were from Exeter, just up the road from Torquay. My travel book had very little information for this region and nothing for Torquay. I was using ...

... !  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 I got into town, ...

... to stay as they were all going out on Saturday night. I have to say it didn't take much twisting as I really liked Torquay. The following day I pretty much lazed about all day while everyone else was out tomato picking. Watched Point Break and decided ...

... 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 ...

... guide Emma and new group today, theres a few of us who are carrying on from the previous trip. First stop today is Torquay, Surf City, where Quicksilver was originally created. And Torquay is the start of the Great Ocean Road. Watched the pro surfers at ...

After a few splendid days in Melbourne, we began our trip down the Great Ocean Road via Torquay: the Capital of Surfing. Yes we did see a lot of surfers on the beach. no, we didnt try our hand at surfing as it was FREEZING! There wasn't much to do ...

The Great Ocean Road starts about 2 hours from Melbourne in a place called Torquay. Torquay is known as the home of Australian Surfing and aRound of the world surf tour is held here every year at Bell's Beach. In addition to all the surf beaches ...

... shut 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 ...

... now famous Australian who has just won the Tour de France).  After lunch we got back on the GOR and headed first to Torquay where we admired the famous surf beach.  We then took a stroll along the oceanfront to the famous Bells beach where we ...

... was $69+ when we were told it was $20. We then made our way to the first stop on the Road, the surfing town of Torquay. Known as the surfing capital of Australia, it had many large surfwear shops, and even the headquarters for Rip Curl. We went to their ...

Checked out of my hostel and went to meet nat in Geelong, then we took a bus to Torquay. We hadn't booked in advance or anything so when we arrived at the hostel there was nobody on reception but we didn't want to waste our day so we just left our bags ...

... whole group had to stick together and have fun together=) And so we did=) There was one other Groovy Grape group in our hostel (going the opposite direction), but they were only 8 persons so we practicly took over the place. Amazingly, Richie and I ...

... of ages and personalities, some nicer than others. Good group, Christine was there again sot hat was nice. Our first stop was Torquay, home of quicksilver and ripcurl. The shops were really expensive but then there were the outlets where its was 50% off ...

... rather large, posh Mitsubishi Lancer automatic - score! We headed straight out of Melbourne on the M1 towards Geelong, first stop was Torquay a beach town famous for surfing and the beginning of The Great Ocean Road. We had a very nice breakfast/lunch and ...

... Made a brief stop at the craft market in full swing at Widecombe-in-the-Moor, before heading out of the park through Newton Abbot to Torquay. Sat in the large garden at the back of the hostel in the sun late in the afternoon, reading and listening to the ...

... lit by dingy tungsten bulbs and covered in filth. Luckily (we hoped) the place had no spare rooms, neither did the other hostel up the road. Next idea was a backpackers we had originally planned to staying earlier before we changed our mind and drove to ...

... charge the battery for my netbook and phone etc. Its nice to have these comforts while im still feeling a little lonely.   I should be in Melbourne tomorrow about mid day ish and will try and get myself a hostel or something. Plan!!   ...

... . Possibly tomorrow or the next 50 years they will be gone. The tour ends and were back to Melbourne by 830. Head back to the hostel and eat some leftover food. Head to the clubs and pubs with the roommates. A good day and it's only going to get ...