Barwon Heads Resort at 13th Beach is a nice area and we enjoyed the apartment and everything was perfect. We walked to the beach through the Golf resort gates and the kids loved the beach. It was too cold to swim in October but the kids did swim for an hour when the sun was out, which was great. This is a good base to drive to Great Ocean Road which we did. Also, it was only less than 2 hours drive to Melbourne CBD, Werribee zoo. We also watched a few ICC World Cup matches at Geelong which was not far from the apartment. There is a launderette., which we found useful. Particularly, the apartment is useful if you are a golf player or enjoy walking.