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Introduction
Getting there
Other nearby attractions
west
east
Nearby camp grounds
west along the Great Ocean Road
east along the Great Ocean Road
into the Otway Ranges forest areas
elsewhere
Johanna beach 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 Johanna beach campground is a very short walk to a wild surf beach on the western part of Cape Otway near the Great Ocean Road (GOR)
25 camp sites run by Parks Vic and each require online booking and have drop toilets but no potable water nor showers
online bookings
Getting there
just under 3hrs (227km) 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
42min (44km) west of Apollo Bay
17min (15km) SE of Lavers Hill
60min (70km) S of Colac
94min (89km) SW of Lorne
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
39min 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
54min (53km) to Princetown Recreation Reserve (bookings)
66min (69km) to Port Campbell Recreation Reserve (bookings?)
east along the Great Ocean Road
22min (17km) SE to
Aire River camp grounds
42min (44km) to commercial parks in Apollo Bay
46min (37km) to
Blanket Bay camp ground, Cape Otway
(Parks Vic online booking)
Bimbi Park, Cape Otway - commercial
81min (76km) 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
31min (18km) to the small Aire River Crossing campsite
37min (37km) to
Beauchamp Falls camp ground
60min (56km) to
Dandos camp ground Otways
73min (66km) to
Stevensons Falls camp ground Otways
via Lavers Hill and Beech Forest
elsewhere
86min (82km) NW to Lake Elingamite near Cobden
2.5hrs 163km NW to Lake Bolac foreshore camp
3.5hrs to Halls Gap and
The Grampians