Anglesea Family Caravan Park

Anglesea is an excellent stopoff – or starting – point for the Great Ocean Road, to investigate its beaches, spectacular coastal scenery and wildlife watching. Take a bike tour or hire a mountain bike for a ride along the stunning Surf Coast Walk towards Point Addis, 11 kilometres from the park, or Fairhaven, just under 14. Also around the water, cast your rod out from the many Great Ocean Road fishing spots along the beaches or rocks; calamari, gummy shark, snappers and King George whiting are all landable around here. The creeks and rivers around Lorne (35 minutes' drive) are rich pickings for rainbow trout, and you can fish in the wetlands of Coogoorah Park Nature Reserve within a couple of kilometres of the caravan park. The team also thoroughly recommends a trip to the Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie and Ice Creamery (10 minutes' drive) for free (yes, free) chocolate and ice cream tastings, as well as demonstrations in the noble art of chocolate making. If the kids are a tad too fizzed up on sugar after all that, the centre has a café and garden with ball games and sandpits. Bushwalking, four-wheel driving, surfing and Anglesea River paddleboarding are all available close by. And as it's Oz, non-native holidaymakers may want to see a kangaroo or two: sort this with a 30-minute tour via Anglesea Golf Club under 10 minutes' drive away.