Things to Do in Great Ocean Road

Things to see and do in Great Ocean Road, Great Ocean Road highlights, Great Ocean Road activities and attractions, and points of interest in Great Ocean Road - the ALL NEW Jasons Great Ocean Road Things to Do Guide is your complete guide to sightseeing in Great Ocean Road.

Recreation

• Bushwalking and camping in the Otway National Park, 13km south-west.  Within the park, Shelley Beach and Elliot River are popular picnic and barbecue areas.
• Maits Rest Rainforest Boardwalk, also within the Otway Ranges National Park, a 20-minute walk along elevated boardwalks through a spectacular rainforest gully.
• An introduction to the area’s natural and historical features with the 2.5km self-guided Discovery Walk around the western headland area, about one hour’s duration.
• The annual Port Fairy Folk Festival, one of Australia’s foremost folk festivals held on the Labour Day long weekend in March.

Historic Attractions 

• Cape Otway Lighthouse, built in 1848 on a cliff 78m above sea level. 
• Spectacular views from the walking tracks to Carisbrook Falls.
• The Loch Ard Shipwreck Museum, with an interesting collection of shipwreck relics and a video on the sinking of the Loch Ard, open daily.  This museum also has a café and a booking office for fishing and scubadiving charters, and cruises to the Twelve Apostles and Bay of Islands.
• The Mahogany Ship Walk between Port Fairy and Warrnambool, a 22km uninterrupted walking track past the site where the mysterious Mahogany Ship is thought to be buried.
• The historic Proudfoot’s Boathouse, old boathouse on the Hopkins River at Warrnambool, classified by the National Trust and restored as a restaurant, bar and teahouse
• Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum. Overlooking Lady Bay, it is a re-creation of a 19th century port, with original lighthouses, replicas of town buildings, restored ships and a whaling boat, sailmaker’s loft, shipwrights and blacksmith’s workshops, and a small theatre which screens old maritime film and documentaries. 

Natural Wonders

• Exploring the natural wonders of the Port Campbell National Park, a narrow coastal strip from Princetown to Peterborough which takes in the Twelve Apostles rock formation (12km south-east), Loch Ard Gorge (7km south-east) and The Arch (6km west).  Short walking trails around the Loch Ard Gorge lead to the cemetery and other interesting formations including the Blowhole and Elephant Rock.
• Mutton Bird Island, just off the coast, home to a large colony of short-tailed shearwaters (mutton birds) from Sept – April.  The best times for viewing the rookeries are dawn or dusk.
• Tower Hill State Game Reserve, a wildlife haven located in a massive volcanic crater.  The climb to Tower Hill peak offers sweeping views of the ocean and surrounding farmland.
• Hopkin’s Falls, 13km north-east of Warrnambool, which is known as Little Niagara and has migrating eels in spring and summer.

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