Numerous celebration activities have now been organised. Please read below for further details as to where the tour will be visiting and when.

Sunday 25 November

VACC event Launch at Automotive Centre for Excellence (ACE) at Docklands

8am to 10:30am

Heaps of activities for the whole family to take part in at this near new venue for training in the motoring industry. Your hosts are the VACC and ACE who have organised a big event, which includes the opening of the Lindsay Fox Classic Car Collection from 9am to 11am (admission charges to the Fox Collection do apply, however, funds raised from this go to the Official event charity - Retina Australia Victoria).

Participating cars will be flagged off at 10:30am

12noon to 1pm

Participating cars on display at the Geelong Speed Trials get-together at Eastern Beach. A monument to the events founder, the late Murray Rainey will be launched at this event.

1pm to 2pm

The Great Ocean Road: from bush track to national icon - an exhibition at the National Wool Museum

2007 is the 75th anniversary of the opening of one of the world’s most spectacular roads - The Great Ocean Road. To mark the occasion the National Wool Museum, in conjunction with Geelong Otway Tourism, is mounting a major interactive, multimedia exhibition.

Opening on November 14, The Great Ocean Road: from bush track to national icon celebrates the engineering feat and the achievements of the returned soldiers in constructing what has become an Australian icon. The exhibition explains how basic tools and horse-drawn ploughs were used to create this extraordinary road which is a lasting legacy to those men as well as their fallen comrades. It is often forgotten that The Great Ocean Road is the world’s largest War Memorial.

The Great Ocean Road: from bush track to national icon also highlights the road’s modern day attraction to tourists and locals alike. It shows how over the decades we have holidayed along the shores of the ocean and taken in some of the world’s best views. The exhibition also reveals contemporary artistic and literary interpretations of the road and the people who live along it.

The exhibition features a vast array of original artifacts, rare films and photos, reconstructions, artworks and much more. With a special activity trails for kids it is an ideal experience for the whole family. On show from14 November 2007 to 9 March 2008.

The National Wool Museum is located at 26 Moorabool Street, Geelong. For further information telephone 5227 0701, email nwminfo@geelongcity.vic.gov.au or visit www.nwm.vic.gov.au

Monday 26 November

11am

Re-enactment of Official Great Ocean Road opening

The Governor of Victoria, Professor David de Kretser AC will "cut the ribbon" at the ceremony. The ceremony will be held at Lorne's Grand Pacific Hotel - the location where it all took place some 75 years ago.

4pm into the evening

Toll booth re-enactment & foreshore party

The Apollo Bay Chamber of Commerce invites everyone to join in on the festivities on the foreshore at Apollo Bay (adjacent to the Surf Club building) for a community BBQ. The afternoon/evening will also involve entertainment from local groups.

Click here for full information on Apollo Bays 4-day 75 year celebration event.

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