With some great road trip options available in the surrounding area, having your own car makes sense. Without one, it’d be much more difficult to experience everything that Portland, 50 miles away, has to offer. Explore the area beginning with Great South West Walk, Nuns Beach and Portland Arts Centre. Locals will also probably point you in the direction of Halls Gap, 55 miles away. If you can only find time for one thing here, make sure it’s Halls Gap Zoo. (But we’re also huge fans of Brambuk The National Park & Cultural Centre and Wartook Reservoir.)