The beach front town of Torquay is located 22 kilometers south of Geelong and at the northern end of the Surf Coast section of the Great Ocean Road Victoria. Torquay has been a popular holiday destination for Victorians since the early 1900s and its beaches have been modeled on those of England with wide grassy foreshores and large shady trees lining the coast. Scenic walking tracks extend through much of the town's foreshore, and good views can be enjoyed from Yellow Bluff and at Point Danger with its Anzac Memorial perched high above the ocean on the headland. Torquay is the official start of the Great Ocean Road - one of Australia's most spectacular coastal drives which covers over 200 kilometers of the south-western Victorian coast, passing through areas such as the scenic Otway Ranges and the rugged Shipwreck Coast west of Cape Otway.