Fabulous trip, great value for money. An amazing experience, all plus a lot more than we expected. Walter kept us in line throughout and because we were so good we gained time and he was able to add in a few extra lookouts and 1000 more step! Couldn’t recommend the trip more highly.

WORST tour The tour guide Walter was from Johannesburg, South Africa he told us. HOPE no one gets him.
There were 2 people from China and we were 4 people from Chicago on his tour.
The van was a cargo van converted into passenger van with tiny seats, tapes attached to fix the seat belt and the back of the van had a wall with hooks every where and stuff was hanging from there. So you can imagine the van ride, very ROUGH. Would love to share the pics if you want to see it.
He picked us up on time and dropped us off on time. No issues with it whatsoever but the major issues were:
The driver/tour guide was very rude.
He did not say any extra word besides what’s covered in the package. Wish he talked about interesting things on the way.
He did not open/ close the door for us, he expected us to open/ close ourselves. Since the door was hard, we had to try few times to open/close every time he stopped.
He expected us to get off the van within seconds (not minutes), as soon as he stopped to look for the interesting points. If you are a few seconds late he tried to lock the door to give us hints that we are late.
The package includes water bottles, but we were NOT given a single bottle. We had to buy it from the store.
The package includes coffee/ or tea, he sure brought the tea but the cups were plastic cups which were rinsed NOT washed with soap. It was not appealing to take the tea the way it was spread on the picnic table.
The package says “National park fees” included, but we didn’t see a single park we entered had any fees.
On the whole, it was a disappointing experience with the tour guide. We couldn’t wait for the tour to end, so we could breathe a little easier. He could have been a little friendlier.
TRULY wish NO ONE has to experience that. Maybe he was expecting white peoples? Not sure.

Walter our tour guide was very attentive, knowledgeable and kind. 2 long days but you see everything and you set off before all the other tour groups to avoid crowds. Would recommend

Best option if you don't drive Overall the tour had been enjoyable. Saw lots of wildlife. Accomodation is clean and comfy but does not provide any toiletries, please take note. Room had no air con as well, but weather was chilly so I had a great sleep.
I thought this tour could be improved with a few adjustments:
- Lessen the stops and increase the duration for each venue (too many sea viewpoints, they look similar)
- include a stargazing / milky way tour at night

Although we had to wake up really early on day 2, we managed to catch the sunrise ️

A day to never forget Walter was very informative and accommodating. Beautiful weather helped to make this day spectacular. Lucky enough to see whales koala and kangaroo. Thank you for a memorable day. Would highly recommend this company

Day trip to Mt Macedon, Hanging Rock, Daylesford and Lavandula Swiss Farm Went on a full day trip to Mt Macedon, visited hanging rock and the beautiful lavandula swiss farm along with a stop at Daylesford and ots Lake. Fantastic tour and highly recommended

The Best Way to Experience Great Ocean Road in Two Days Some trips leave a mark. Not because you’ve checked off the most sights, but because you lose yourself for a while – in the landscape, the atmosphere, the conversations. That’s what our two-day tour along the Great Ocean Road with Walter was like. An experience that both calmed and stirred something within us.

From the moment Walter picked us up at our hotel in the early morning light, we sensed this wouldn’t be an ordinary tour. His warm and gentle presence, mixed with subtle humour and an endless stream of stories, set the tone. We were a family of four, joined by two other travellers, and a quiet sense of connection formed between us all.

What we saw – the coastline, the animals, the forest, the sea – was of course stunning. But what stays with us is something else. It was the rhythm of the days, the conversations between the stops, the sound of wind through the trees, a helicopter ride that left us speechless, and that special kind of stillness that arises when you stop checking the time.

We laughed often. We forgot the clock. We forgot the everyday noise. And we were fully present. That might be the highest praise a journey can receive.

Our warm recommendation:
If you want to experience the Great Ocean Road in a way that’s both rich and grounded – where everything is taken care of but nothing feels rushed – this is the tour for you. Walter doesn’t just guide you along the road; he guides you into the experience. And that makes all the difference.

Phillip Island full day excursion Great full day experience from feeding the kangaroo and seeing many animals in their natural habitats. Seashore views were great and penguin parade was well worth it even though we were a bit off season. Good pace for the day and Walter our guide was awesome.

A worthwhile experience Well worthwhile trip: given a comprehensive experience of the scenery & were abe to view koalas. The accommodation was good. The town where we stayed was a pleasant place to wander around

A must for anyone one visiting or living in Melbourne We had a wonderful day with the must fabulous host, Sandy, we learnt a lot about wine and the tour was so interesting , highly recommend for a great day out

Fantastic GOR trip It was a fantastic trip. Walter was knowledgeable about the attractions and brought us morning tea and snacks. The scenery was gorgeous, a pity was it rained on the first day.
Overall itinerary was well planned and packed. It was tiring but the views are worth it!

Great 2 days experiencing the Great Ocean Road with Walter from Around and About Walter was our guide and he was wonderful. Picked us up and dropped us off at hotel. Quite knowledgeable, helpful and accommodating.

We saw lots, experienced more, learned tons about Victoria state, and got our steps and exercise in to boot.

It was a packed two days but Walter kept us on time while providing free time

Fantastic tour! The tour was amazing. We were just three people, which was great. Walter was fantastic. Quite often we didn't see any other tourists, which was nice :) I would absolutely reccommend this tour!!

A great way to get close views of Little Penguins Great day, It was wonderful up grade to the Ranger Tour at Philip Island as be so close the Little Penguins. I have done a larger group tour in the past but much preferred being am a small group Tour. Walter, out driver gave lots of information along the way

Melbourne trip There is so much to do in Melbourne CBD. The exhibition at the NGV was great. The tram takes you anywhere where you want to go. The restaurants are buzzing with people everywhere!! Great places to eat and variety cultural wise.
People are friendly and Pub menus are great. Definitely will visit again.

Wonderful day with Best Friends. Wonderful Day visiting 3 diverse wineries. All tasting were informative and friendly. Lunch was delicious.
Walter was a great driver and guide.
Absolutely recommended.

Excellent tour We thoroughly enjoyed this tour. The itinerary was well-planned, with several stops for walking and hiking in interesting places, toilet stops, and lunch breaks on both days. The guide was respectful, knowledgeable and experienced. Touring the Great Ocean Road in 2 days is a good way to really enjoy the beautiful scenery: it doesn't feel rushed. This is quite an active tour (lots of walking). Morning tea on both days is a light snack. It would have been helpful to know that breakfast stops are not included; you need to provide your own or ask the driver to stop somewhere so you can pick something up. The chocolaterie stop was a nice surprise with generous free chocolate samples! Our only complaint was that music not to our taste was played nonstop during the drive.

Amazing tour! Absolutely incredible tour! Our tour guide Walter was really informative, and we did so many stops seeing all the high points of the Great Ocean Road. Would highly recommend

Bad trip Our guide Walter was not friendly and his driving skills is horrible. Basically just drop you here and there with various spots like a driver, but a poor one. Would not recommend if you want to enjoy a laid-back holiday.

Walter was a very knowledgeable and kind tour guide! The Two Day Great Ocean Road Tour had the perfect itinerary to visit all the best places! Will definitely use Around and About for future tours!

I had a great time at the great ocean road trip with tour guide Walter Edgar. The trip is well-planned with detailed introductions. Definitely 100% recommended!

Magnificent trip A wonderful tour seeing many picturesque views. Views from Mt Macedon were fantastic. Picnic at Hanging Rock was simply amazing and at times felt eerie being aware of the actual filming been done there. Daylesford was lovely and lavender farm was beautiful too. Many thanks Walter for your expert knowledge and for the little extras that you did for the 4 of us on your tour.

Go Walter What an amazing experience. Walter was a fantastic driver and was extremely welcoming. We had ti change our plans last minute and Walter worked hard to make this happen. Will definitely be using again.

Great tour to see everything the great ocean road has to offer! Great trip with so many stops, Walter was great and really enthusiastic and wanted us to see all the best bits!
Be prepared to get up early for the trip!

very recommendable we had a good time on this great trip

interesting stops with enough time to explore

some informations from driver/tourguide, fortunately not talking too much, so you can hang on your own thoughts and enjoy the views

thank you Walter

Definitely a great choice and a must-go tour! It’s great that we visited the Great Ocean Road the whole way from Torquay to Warrnambool. All of the amazing landmarks along the coast, awesome beaches, stunning scenery at the lookout, and wonderful birds’ singing and enormous natural species in the rainforest have been all carved in our memory. Walter, our tour guy, did a wonderful job of leading us spying all the gorgeous views, plants and animals all the way. We even saw koalas and wallabies walking along the road. Once in a life time, you must come and experience here.

Booked a 4-day custom tour with Around and About and couldn't recommend enough! Walter was so accommodating, fun, and a joy to be around. We had a group of wildlife photographers and Walter was never fussed when we took a bit longer at a stop or if we decided to make changes to the intended route. He was very punctual, knew a lot about the surrounding areas of Melbourne and was always happy to help. His vehicle is spacious, comfortable and always very tidy. An absolutely incredible experience - 10/10!

An incredible 4 day custom tour! Booked a 4-day custom tour with Around and About and couldn't recommend enough! Walter was so accommodating, fun, and a joy to be around. We had a group of wildlife photographers and Walter was never fussed when we took a bit longer at a stop or if we decided to make changes to the intended route. He was very punctual, knew a lot about the surrounding areas of Melbourne and was always happy to help. His vehicle is spacious, comfortable and always very tidy. An absolutely incredible experience - 10/10!

I booked a 2-day great ocean road tour with around and about from KKday. The whole tour basically covers every must-see lookouts on the road. And our tour guide, Walter, is also very friendly and has some good dry sense of humor.

Great way to see the Great Ocean Road It's a really good itinerary, fantastic sights, good pace, and a great variety of things to do and see. Small tour group made for easy access and help taking pictures with the two of us. YHA night accommodation in Appolo Bay was nice and comfortable. We really enjoyed this trip so worth doing.

Disappointing trip The service was over rated.
The around about tour to philips Island
The bus was small n stuffy and very uncomfortable throughout the long journey.
The driver speaking can't be clearly heard behind. The fish & chip we ate for lunch was very disappointing ???? and very pricely rated. It is worse than singapore Fish & co. ????
The penguin hardly be seen with paying such a price.

Wonderful Tour Our guide Walter was very knowledgeable and took us to some fabulous wineries! Nice small group, only 8 of us, which was very manageable.

Amazing amazing trip and would recommend to anyone. Walter was amazing and knew so much about everything!! The penguins were incredible x thankyou for a once in a lifetime experience

Amazing road trip! We loved our trip down the Great Ocean Road! Our tour guide, Walter, was lovely and provided complimentary tea & biscuits. We stopped many times to enjoy the scenery, we were even lucky enough to see the Kangaroos. The overnight stay at Apollo Bay was amazing, it was a cosy stay. Apollo Bay is no ordinary hostel, there’s a log burner and a spacious kitchen. However, the tour could have been improved by informing us of the itinerary each morning, before we started the day. P.s. bring snacks!

Walter is ver helpful.
A good choice for 2 days tours of great ocean road.

Excellent tour of The Great Ocean Road Walter is an excellent guide and I can highly recommend his two day tour of the The Great Ocean Road.

I am 23 and visiting Australia on my own, and was concerned beforehand if this tour would be suitable for me, but I can confidently say that Walter’s bus and tour structure provide an excellent environment to get to know the people you’re sharing the tour with irrespective of their age or background. This was a part of the experience I thoroughly enjoyed.

How Great is Nature I highly recommend this 2 day tour with Walter
It was indeed 'ultimate' with a great combination of stops (walks), food and companionship. It was active and leisurely at the same time. A visit to the rainforest at 0700 was like something from 'Lord of the Rings'.
A 15 minute helicopter ride over the 12 apostles gave a wonderful extended view. For us the sea was calm and the ride smoothe.
The beaches were rocky with strong waves pounding the beach.

A very special experience.

Our guide Walter was fun to travel with. They took us to multiple places on the Great Ocean Road. They give you sufficient time to explore each location and take the full experience. Overnight accommodation offered was neat/tidy and enjoyable for 1 night.

The Best of the Great Ocean Road in 2 days! With only a week in Aus Walter’s trip was the perfect way to spend a couple of days exploring the best of the GORoad!

The drive out was packed with lots of interesting and fun stops ranging from viewing world famous surf spots, swimming in waterfalls to seeing koalas in the wild and stopping for lunch in the iconic surf towns of the south coast.

Our one evening on the road was spent at the YHA hostel. This hostel was spotlessly clean, had a relaxed vibe with a fully equipped kitchen and lounge where you could socialise with all. Not your standard hostel!

On our second day we continued our journey along the GORoad to the 12 apostles. Leaving early meant that we had many of the iconic beaches and viewpoints to ourselves. Walter also took us to a stunning beach just ahead of the apostles where you could access the beach and really appreciate the grandeur of the coastal line and stack formations. The day just got better and better with our final swim in the gorge of the most stunning beach amongst the apostle coastline followed by an easy climb into a cave.

The trip was well structured and definitely suitable to all ages given the short and accessible hikes.

Make sure to eat a good breakfast and bring lots of snacks. Despite Walter providing a morning tea stop with biscuits and fresh fruit throughout the day there are some good hours between meal times.

A fantastic two day trip that I’d highly recommend to anyone who wants to make the most of their time here in Aus!

Thank-you Walter!

3day/2night customised tour This is our 2nd tour with Walter. We did a customised 3 day/2 night tour of Phillip Island and Mornington Peninsula. Walter is a fantastic and knowledgeable tour operator. Any request we had to customise our itinerary was no trouble for Walter and he also added in a few extra sightseeing places! He has a fantastic sense of humour and we had lots of fun. He showed us many places and told us things that we would never have known about if we had been travelling ourselves in our car. I would highly recommend Walter and his many different tours.

Awesome trip The tour was awesome. Our tourguide’s very funny and he is always on time. Thanks to him, we have enough time to go through all the famous spots along the Great Ocean Road.
The scenery is marvelous. I really wanna go back some day.

Great Ocean Road Two Days Tour Took the two day amazing trip with Walter to The Great Ocean Road, where we visited many great lookouts, beaches and had the opportunity to spot some Koalas and Kangaroos as well. Overall, I was very satisfied with the service and the itinerary. Highly recommended tour if you like to take some incredible pictures while enjoying the great views this place has to offer.

Walter met our basic needs and gave some basic information during the drive. He managed to time the tour nicely as there were hardly any tourists when we were at the attractions. However, the tour was a mad rush as there were too many spots to go to. We had limited time at each spot . They need to curate their itinerary better. There was no personal touch either. Walter dropped us off n let us wander off on our own so he wasn’t on site to answer any questions or point out interesting sights. He came across as uninterested. If you’re looking for just a driver, then this tour is fine.

Very average Walter met our basic needs and gave some basic information about the area. He managed to time the tour nicely as there were hardly any tourists when we were at the attractions. However, the tour was a mad rush as there were too many spots to go to. We had limited time at each spot; he gave us just enough time to walk down, a 5min break/photo session then back up again. They need to curate their itinerary better. There was no personal touch either. Walter dropped us off n let us wander off on our own. He wouldn’t know our walking pace (and as such adjust to our needs), or be there to answer any questions we had atm. He came across as uninterested. If you’re looking for just a driver, then this tour is fine. Otherwise pls go elsewhere. We had so much more fun with another tour agency.

Loved our trip to Mount Buller with Walter & made us comfortable & at ease! I would highly recommend & would also definitely book that your or another again!!

Loved our trip to Mount Buller with Walter & made us comfortable & at ease! I would highly recommend & would also definitely book that your or another again!!

Many thanks for nice Tourist guide "Walter''~~
He gave us many detail introduction of each view and prepared nice morning tea for us. We really enjoyed in the whole trip. If you would like to have a great ocean road but not by self ride (so tired), i may suggest to join their tour.

Great fun, and a great day out! Easy way to get to the snow.

The 1 day Great Ocean Road trip was well organized! Paul is very friendly and knowledgeable. I recommend Around and About.

I went on the 2D1N Great Ocean Road tour with Walter. He was a great guide - picked us up from our accommodation, took us to all the best viewing points along the track, allowed us to go on some lovely trails and gave us the opportunity to opt in for some unique experiences (Wildlife Wonders dusk tour and a heli ride). I would highly recommend him if you're looking for a quick trip that covers all the best bits of the Great Ocean Road!

Walter's tour was so amazing. We have been on many group tours and have decided our experience with Walter outweighs all other companies. Walter had great commentary and showed us some really awesome eco-tourism spots. This tour does have a lot of walking but the views are so worth it. Also Wildlife Wonders in Apollo Bay is one of the best experiences we have ever had. Reece and I cannot wait to come do more tours with Walter (Around and About Tours). Best tour company in Melbourne!!

Walter was our driver to and from a music festival over the weekend (drop off Friday and pick up Monday, 4 hours one way from Vic to NSW!) and was so extremely gracious, kind, and just a genuinely great person! Walter arrived early both ways and was more than accommodating whether it was waiting for us to get ready, taking us for restroom/food stops, or even just having a chat. Walter helped us with loading and unloading the bus and also asked event holders if he could drive closer to our campsite to make the pack up easier. I honestly can’t recommend this company highly enough, a really great experience and we’ll definitely continue to contact Walter directly for future trips. Thank you for making our weekend travels such a breeze and a really positive experience! :)

Absolutely fantastic 2 days trip to the Great ocean road with Mr. Walter (Tour guide).
He was very professional, knowledgeable, flexible and perfect with the timing & driving.
Since its COVID times, we were just 4 people in the mini bus that can accommodate 11 passengers, so it did feel like a private tour.
He took the time to share info, recommendations in each and every stop.
Thanks again Mr. Walter and hope to see you again next time!
Highly recommended!

Perfect trip to the Phillip Island Penguin Parade.
Since it is still in the Covid, there was insufficient number of passengers in the mini bus, which is more like a private tour. Walter is a very professional and enthusiastic guide and driver. He patiently introduced and recommended place and food which is worthy to try for every stop.
Hope next time we can see Walter again.