see also:

• photography and camping main index page
• non-commercial camp grounds for tents 2-4 hours from Melbourne
• Victoria's Otway Ranges and the Great Ocean Road
• Suggested short camping tours of Victoria's Otway Ranges and the Great Ocean Road

• a fairly remote walk-in camp ground in a tall forest setting adjacent to a river, 230m from car park near Lorne in the Otways for those with hiking tents
• bookings

• 2hrs (148km) from NW suburbs via Geelong and Lorne
  • if the Princes Fway is problematic, can also travel to Ballan then down to Colac but this adds 30min and 30km
  • there is a short drive along a gravel road from Lorne
• 5min (2.4km) W of Lorne
• 25min (19km) NNE of Wye River
• 55min (47km) NE of Apollo Bay
• 90min (110km) E of Lavers Hill via Deans Marsh
• 52min (55km) SE of Colac

• forest hikes from the camp ground:
  • Cora Lynn Cascades hike - Phantom Falls?
  • hike down to St George River inlet and the beaches (2.4km)
• short drive to start of other forest/waterfall short hikes:
  • Sheoak Picnic Area
  • Henderson Falls
  • Upper and Lower Kalimna Falls
  • Erskine Falls
• Lorne beaches, cafes and shops, caravan parks and access to a lot of forest walks and waterfalls

• Cumberland River holiday park in a gorge near a beach
• Sheoak Falls
• Artillery Rocks
• Wye River beach, cafe, caravan park
• Kennett River holiday park
• Apollo Bay beaches, cafes and shops, caravan parks
• Elliot River coastal area walk
• Maits Rest rainforest walk
• Cape Otway lighthouse
• Aire River camp grounds
• Johanna beach camp ground
• Castle Cove Lookout
• Melba Gully glow worms at dusk, Lavers Hill
• Otway waterfalls:
  • Triplet Falls
  • Hopetoun Falls and Redwood forest
  • Beachamp Falls (nearby free campground)
• Otway Fly Treetop walk (commercial)
• The Twelve Apostles
  • see south western region of Victoria

• Lorne holiday parks

• Cumberland River holiday park
• 19km to Wye River commercial campground
• Kennet River holiday park
• Skenes Creek beachfront caravan park
• 40min (47km) to commercial parks in Apollo Bay
• 90min (68km) to Blanket Bay camp ground, Cape Otway
• 90min (76km) SE to Aire River camp grounds
• 100min (90km) to Johanna beach camp ground
• just over 2hrs (127km) to Princetown Recreation Reserve (bookings)
• over 2hrs to Port Campbell Recreation Reserve (bookings?) either via inland route past Lorne, or west along GOR

• 37min (31km) to Anglesea - commercial caravan park
• commercial caravan parks at Torquay, Breamlea, etc

• these are all FREE except for the main Hammond Rd camp and Big Hill which are Parks Vic and need booking
• 18min (23km) to Big Hill campground Otways via Lorne
• 43min (41km) to Hammonds Road campgrounds near Aireys Inlet / Bambra via Lorne and Deans Marsh
• 50min (53km) to Tanners Road campground near Anglesea via Lorne and Deans Marsh or via Anglesea
• 56min (48km) to Stevensons Falls camp ground Otways via Skenes Creek and Tanbryn (or 72min, 66km via Lorne and Forrest)
• 64min (52km) to Beauchamp Falls camp ground
• 64min (54km) to Dandos camp ground Otways via Gellibrand

View down to the creek valley from north-west part of the camp ground

Site south west of the drop toilets