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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Aire River camp grounds
• Cape Otway lighthouse
• Maits Rest rainforest walk
• Elliot River coastal area walk
• Apollo Bay beaches, cafes and shops

• 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?)

• 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

• 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

• 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