Telstra Business Awards finalists 2013

Great Ocean Road Surf Tours have once again been recognized for their learn to surf tours and lessons through the Telstra Business Awards 2013.

The multi-award winning ecotourism company have wowed judges with their high levels of professionalism, customer service and business delivery to secure a finalist position in the high profile awards.

The winners will be announced in a gala dinner at the Crown in Melbourne on Tuesday 2nd July.

"We are thrilled to be recognized as finalists in the Telstra Business Awards 2013.  Owner Alistair Lawson said.  "It is a very prestigious award and all businesses involved are of a very high caliber."

Save the Children Ceduna Style

In May 2013 the Quiksilver Foundation wanted to put money into the Save the Children Australia program and aid unprivileged children in remote areas.  They wanted to run the Vegemite SurfGroms programs in a number of areas.  We at Great Ocean Road Surf Tours were asked to run a program in Ceduna, South Australia for 43 kids.

We travelled 2 days straight and ran a program for 2 days.  It was an amazing experience with half the kids being from the local Indigenous community everyone had a blast and hopefully they have learned a lot about surfing, beach safety and ocean awareness.

Hopefully we get to go back again next year and do it all over again!

100% Carbon Neutral by 2014

As a business that relies on the gifts of Mother Nature to inspire and enjoy. We would like our learn to surf surf school to be 100% carbon neutral by 2014. We use a carbon calculator to help work out our business emission on an ongoing basis to help monitor them. From this we have implemented ways of reducing our carbon footprint. By joining Carbon Neutral's planet a tree program to offset them we are bringing our surf tours down to be completely carbon neutral.
At this stage we have all our vehicles carbon neutral and plan to take the business to 100% by 2014.
For more information on Carbon Neutral visit their website www.carbonneutral.com.au

Stand Up Paddling

Great Ocean Road Surf Tours now offer beginner and intermediate Stand Up Paddle (SUP) lessons. Our flat water lessons are a great introduction to one if the fastest growing sports around. We teach you how to control your board and paddle as well as teaching some skills you will need to get you into the surf.
Learning the basics is very important for you to stay safe and surf well with others around you.

Great Ocean Road Surf Tours New Trees Project

Multi-award winning Great Ocean Road Surf Tours continue to raise the bar on their learn to surf business. We have just purchased over 100 trees to be planted for re vegetation areas. By aiding the Carbon Neutral project we are helping to decrease our own carbon footprint and aid a valuable cause.

We can breathe easy knowing we are doing our bit to help bring our business to a more environmentally friendly one.

Being Australia's first surf school to be certified under Ecotourism Australia, it is important for us to lead so others can follow.

April - Best month for Surfing

April is one of the best months of the year to learn to surf or improve your skills. We have quality swells which produce some fantastic waves throughout this part of the season with offshore winds making conditions glassy.
Water temp is still around 19 degrees and crowds are minimal!
Take the plunge and call us today for your learn to surf adventure!

Rip Curl Pro

Come and see Bells Beach light up with the ASP World Tour surfers this weekend when the Rip Curl Pro event is on.
With good conditions forecast we should see some great surfing. Hopefully we get to see Bells Beach look like our new gallery photos from local photographer Darren Noyes-Brown.