About four miles before entering Apollo Bay from the west are two attractive stretches of sand worthy of a stopover. The first is Skenes Creek Beachfront Van Park. This has all of the amenities for travelers searching for an ideal place to pitch their tent or park their camper for an overnight along the shore of Bass Strait. The second is Shells Beach. The waves are choppier compared to the southern end of the beach in Apollo Bay. But you will encounter less people. What you will encounter is this rock formation resembling the washed-up skeleton of a pre-historic dinosaur. Does that personification seem fanciful? Maybe not. Just west of Cape Otway is Dinosaur Cove, a remote section of coast rich in fossils – including petrified dinosaurs – dating back 75 to 150 million years.
