Great Ocean Road op shop adventure

🌲Anglesea, Aireys Inlet, Bellbrae, & Belmont Market🌲

The Great Ocean Road is such a lovely place to be. An added bonus is its easily accessible from Melbourne, making this op shop / forest adventure a wonderful weekend away indeed!

We based ourselves in Aireys Inlet for 2 nights in a rustic log cabin we found on Airbnb called. It had 3 beautiful bedrooms, some kids toys, a well equipped kitchen & the worlds most impressive fire place in the lounge room.
You can also opt to camp at Cumberland River Camp Ground which is breathtaking. This beautiful campground nestled in a majestic valley about 10mins out of the haven of Lorne - is pure magic! You can pitch your tent right by the gentle river, have a fire going to cook all your meals on & just relax in the pure beauty that is Victoria.

On the drive down from Melbourne, there are 2 fabulous op shops that you simply must stop into before you hit Anglesea - if they are open
(see below for directions and opening hours)

The pick of the bunch for me was the sweet Bellbrae Book Room & Bric a Brac op shop. It’s literally a cute wooden chapel standing alone on the side of the road hidden in a small forest. There are 2 rooms to explore here, one being the most impressive book room I’ve come across, it’s so so sweet.

The next stop on the way to Anglesea was the Anglesea Recycle Centre found at the Anglesea Landfill, here you will find affordable furniture and larger pieces.

In Anglesea there was the wonderful Seasides Seconds Op Shop. This wee op was super cute and really big too, it was buzzing with people and had a true community feel to it.

We explored these op shops on our first day, then went to our log cabin to bunker down for a lovely winter evening with the fire roaring.

We drove back to Melbourne on a Sunday, which means you can swing past the Belmont Market if you please. Its a bric a brac market with all kinds of wonderful treasure - only open on Sundays

op shops

Bellbrae Book Room & Bric a Brac
Bellbrae Uniting Church, School Road, Bellbrae VIC
DIRECTIONS
hours are unknown sorry

Anglesea Recycle Station
50 Coalmine Road, Anglesea
DIRECTIONS
open Mon - Sun 9am - 4pm

Anglesea Seasides Seconds Op Shop
71 Great Ocean Rd, Anglesea VIC
DIRECTIONS
open Mon - Sat 9.30am - 4pm
Closed Sundays

Belmont Market
Sports Complex, Belmont
DIRECTIONS
Open Sundays until 1pm