Hi Madison, we stayed 2 nights at Seafarers and had a night in Port Campbell. We found the Seafarers accommodation much better for a similar price and in hindsight would have stayed the 3 nights there and day tripped the surrounding area. We found the 3 1/2 days a good time for the trip but it will depend what you have available, we headed in to the Otway National Park for some of the walks in there and down to the lighthouse which offered great koala spotting along the way but it will depend what you want to do. Some tours do the highlights in a long day trip but to me you would have missed so much and the bits without the tour crowds are equally beautiful so we spent as much or more time at those as you could have the stunning scenery almost to yourself. Melbourne is a nice city, we like it anyway, but depending where you are from it is just a city, and not a large one on world standards. You can get our overview of things to do in Melbourne in this article which might help decide how you want to balance up the time available.

Thank you so much!! We cannot wait! I am trying to figure out how many days to stay where since we have never traveled to Aus I am having a difficult time. Were starting in Melbourne and then to Sydney. We booked Seafearers for Monday night and I was maybe thinking of Port Campbell for Tuesday night? or maybe head back to Melbourne? we don't want to rush the ocean rd, but I know there's a lot to do in Melbourne. Would love any suggestions! Thank you so much for all your inspo on your blog!! I am loving it!

All the coastal scenery along the Great Ocean Road area is stunning and with your own transport you're able to find some equally good viewing spots that aren't on the bus routes to enjoy. We loved the walks in the Otway Ranges and the Otway treetop walk while we were there. Also if you drive down to the Cape Otway lighthouse have a passenger watch the trees at the side of the road or take one of the few side roads and park for a short walk, there are so many Koala in the area that we just spotted one after another, we see them in other parts of Australia too of course but I've never seen this density elsewhere.

In Australia January is a busy time for good accommodation. It's the summer school holidays and many people take extra time off work around the Christmas and New Year statutory holidays but the property dies still have some availability at this stage.