Knowledge of tide times and sea conditions need to be a mandatory part of planning a visit to any local beach. Swimming is not recommended at any of the open ocean beaches. Port Campbell bay provides the safest local option particularly when it is patrolled in season.
Prepare to be dwarved by the enormity of the cliffline and offshore stacks. The sheer scale of natural sculpting evident at this site is humbling. In local vernacular Gog and Magog are the names given to the two of...
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Great Ocean Road
Let the others rush be sure to take your time at Loch Ard Gorge. It is impossible to walk these trails and not be moved by the powers of nature that have shaped and the shipwreck history that defines the area. Offshore s...
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Great Ocean Road
A picture postcard beach that is a fitting end to the effort required to reach it. Presided over by the imposing bulk of Moonlight Head the sand gives way to a tessellated green sandstone platform that may be explored in...
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Moonlight Head Road
Port Campbell Bay presents a gently sloping family friendly profile sheltered from the bulk of Southern Ocean swell. Waters inside its iconic pier are generally suitable for swimming and wading and are patrolled in seaso...
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Cairns Street
Beaches to the immediate west of Peterborough Township are characterized by sheltered coves, grottos and offshore stacks. The constant twisting and turning of the shoreline means you can find relative shelter in most con...
Address:
Great Ocean Road
Visitors with more time on their hands will be duly rewarded exploring the delightful Childer`s Cove precinct. Access is available onto beaches including Childers Cove, Murnane’s Bay and Sandy Cove. Toilet faciliti...
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Childers Cove Road
The meandering course of the Gellibrand River finds the sea beneath the bold headland of Pt Ronald. Wild and untamed; Princetown’s steep banked surging beach extends 800m east of Pt Ronald where it gives wa...
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Old Coach Road East
The broad double sweep of Newfield Bay extends east from the mouth of the Curdies River some 1.7 km to where it terminates once again into the limestone cliffs that characterize the area. Offshore reefs mark the final re...
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Irvine Street