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Introduction
Getting there
Other nearby attractions
west
east
Nearby camp grounds
west along the Great Ocean Road via Lavers Hill
south to the Great Ocean Road via Skenes Creek
into the Otway Ranges forest areas
elsewhere
Beauchamp Falls camp ground
see also:
photography and camping main index page
non-commercial camp grounds for tents 2-4 hours from Melbourne
Aire River camp grounds
Victoria's Otway Ranges and the Great Ocean Road
Suggested short camping tours of Victoria's Otway Ranges and the Great Ocean Road
Introduction
the Beauchamp Falls campground is an elevated site with some views and a moderate short walk down to the Beauchamp Falls
it is a free bush camp with drop toilets but no potable water nor showers
Getting there
2.5hrs (206km) from NW suburbs via Geelong and Colac
if the Princes Fway is problematic, can also travel to Ballan then down to Colac but this adds 30min and 30km
49min (39km) N of Apollo Bay
22min (23km) NW of Lavers Hill
43min (49km) S of Colac
82min (81km) SW of Lorne via Forrest
Other nearby attractions
west
Castle Cove Lookout
Otway waterfalls:
Triplet Falls
Hopetoun Falls and Redwood forest
Beachamp Falls (nearby free campground)
Otway Fly Treetop walk (commercial)
Melba Gully glow worms at dusk, Lavers Hill
43min drive to Wreck Beach near Moonlight Heads - embedded anchor at low tide
The Twelve Apostles
east
Aire River camp grounds
Cape Otway lighthouse
Maits Rest rainforest walk
Elliot River coastal area walk
Apollo Bay beaches, cafes and shops
Nearby camp grounds
west along the Great Ocean Road via Lavers Hill
37min (37km) to
Johanna beach camp ground
42min (43km) SE to
Aire River camp grounds
1hr (65km) to Blanket Bay campground Cape Otway (Parks Vic online booking)
51min (55km) to Princetown Recreation Reserve (bookings)
62min (71km) to Port Campbell Recreation Reserve (bookings?)
south to the Great Ocean Road via Skenes Creek
49min (39km) to commercial parks in Apollo Bay
73min (62km) to
Jamieson Creek camp ground Wye River
(Park Web booking) just past Wye River which has commercial camp ground as well
into the Otway Ranges forest areas
29min (23km) to the small Aire River Crossing campsite
40min (35km) to
Dandos camp ground Otways
via Gellibrand
47min (35km) to
Stevensons Falls camp ground Otways
via Beech Forest and Tanbryn
elsewhere
79min (102km) NW to Lake Elingamite near Cobden
2hrs 10min 174km NW to Lake Bolac foreshore camp
just over 3hrs to Halls Gap and
The Grampians