australia:vic:jamiesoncreek
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Jamieson Creek camp ground Wye River
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Introduction
- the Jamieson Creek campground is an elevated site with some views over the sea from the lookout and a short drive to Wye River and its beaches on the Great Ocean Road
- 24 sites run by Parks Vic and requires online booking
- mainly used as an over-nighter for those traveling the GOR
- drop toilets but no potable water nor showers
Getting there
- 2hrs 11min (158km) 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
- 8min (6km) NNE of Wye River
- 17min (13km) SW of Lorne
- 40min (34km) NE of Apollo Bay
- 80min (81km) E of Lavers Hill
- 63min (65km) SE of Colac
Other nearby attractions
west
- 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
- 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
east
- 4km to Cumberland River holiday park in a gorge near a beach
- Sheoak Falls
- Lorne beaches, cafes and shops, caravan parks
Nearby camp grounds
west along the Great Ocean Road via Lavers Hill
- 40min (34km) to commercial parks in Apollo Bay
- 78min (70km) to Blanket Bay campground Cape Otway (Parks Vic online booking)
- 71min (64km) SE to Aire River camp grounds
- 81min (77km) to Johanna beach camp ground
- just under 2hrs (114km) to Princetown Recreation Reserve (bookings)
- 2hrs to Port Campbell Recreation Reserve (bookings?) either via inland route past Lorne, or west along GOR
east along the Great Ocean Road
- 4km to Cumberland River holiday park
- 17min (13km) SW of Lorne holiday parks
into the Otway Ranges forest areas
- 54min (51km) to Hammonds Road campgrounds near Aireys Inlet / Bambra via Lorne and Deans Marsh
- 61min (63km) to Tanners Road campground near Angleseavia Lorne and Deans Marsh or via Anglesea
- 67min (58km) to Stevensons Falls camp ground Otways via Beech Forest and Tanbryn
- 75min (62km) to Beauchamp Falls camp ground
- 75min (64km) to Dandos camp ground Otways via Gellibrand
- 94min (79km) to the small Aire River Crossing campsite
elsewhere
- 45min (41km) to Anglesea
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