australia:vic:dandos
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Dandos camp ground Otways
see also:
Introduction
- Dandos is a large free camp ground in a forest setting on the Gellibrand River on the northern side of the Otways, south of Colac and north of Apollo Bay
- no phone reception
- BYO water and firewood
- drop toilets
- see Youtube video:
- it can get very busy and noisy and feral even on normal weekends - it has a reputation drunk yobbos turning up and blasting music all night long
- it is not great after heavy rain - becomes muddy and swampy - not helped by hoons in 4WDs churning the ground up
- very steep hill in and out
- river isn’t great for swimming
- go mid-week for a more pleasant experience
Getting there
- ~2.5hrs from NW suburbs via Colac
- 38min (38km) from Colac
Nearby camp grounds
-
- 21min (11.4km) to the east
- Lake Elizabeth camp ground
- 30min (19km); can be lots of mozzies and leeches
- Beauchamp falls
- 30min (18km) via Beech Forest
- 40min (35km) via Gellibrand - better road
- Johanna beach camp ground (online booking)
- 55min (55km) via Gellibrand and Lavers Hill
- Apollo Bay commercial camp grounds
- ~50min (40km)
- Aire River camp grounds (online booking)
- 1hr via Gellibrand and Lavers Hill
- 82min via Apollo Bay
- Blanket Bay campground in Cape Otway (online booking)
- 1.5hrs either via Gellibrand and Lavers Hill or via Apollo Bay
Nearby attractions
-
- 21min (11.4km) to the east
- Beauchamp falls
- 30min (18km) via Beech Forest
- 40min (35km) via Gellibrand - better road
- Hopetoun Falls and the Redwood forest
- near Beauchamp Falls
- 44min (37km)
- Otway Fly elevated tree walk
- commercial
- Triplet Falls near Weeaproinah
- 41min (34km)
- Melba Gully glow worms at dusk
- 47min (45km) near Lavers Hill
- The Twelve Apostles
- 80min
australia/vic/dandos.txt · Last modified: 2024/10/03 22:29 by gary1