Hey all, so I'm headed down to Victoria with a mate next week for a hike. It's short notice I know, but figured we'd open it up to the mountaineering club.
The hike we'll be doing is the Great Ocean Walk. I've done a section of it before, but this time we'll be doing the entire thing. The great ocean walk is a 110 km hike which runs along the same stretch of coast as the beautiful Great Ocean Road. Along the way, the campgrounds are modest but have bathrooms, rain tanks for refilling water and usually a nice communal shelter to eat with other hikers. The walk is accompanied by stunning coastal views a majority of the way and is a heap of fun. The walk begins in the town of Apollo Bay and Ends at the Twelve Apostles.
A brief day by day outline of our plan is as follows;
11/12 Day 1: Depart canberra early, arrive in Geelong in the evening and stay the night.
12/12 Day 2:
- Organise food drops
Drive to Apollo Bay
Hike 9.7 Km to Elliot Ridge Campground
13/12 Day 3:
Hike 11.8km to Blanket Bay
14/12 Day 4:
Hike 17km to Aire River GOW campground
(In middle eat at Otway lighthouse cafe)
15/12 Day 5:
Hike 12.4 km to Johanna Beach GOW
16/12 Day 6:
Hike 14.2km to Ryans Den GOW
17/12 Day 7:
Hike 14.4 km to Devils Kitchen
18/12 Day 8:
Hike 7km to Princetown;
Dump bags @ campground (Princetown Recreation Reserve)
Continue for final 7km to Twelve Apostles
Return to princetown recreation reserve and rest
19/12 Day 9:
Wake at Princetown Reserve & Return to Canberra
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We're happy to take about 3 more people with us, and another driver would be awesome, as it would assist us with a car shuffle & food drops.
Ideally we're looking for people with some hiking experience as this isn't really a beginner friendly walk.
That said, if you haven't hiked too much before please dont be discouraged! My friend and I are friendly people and are planning on going a fairly relaxed pace.
Similarly don't be discouraged if you cant drive, another driver would be nice but is by means a necessity.
Am excited to hear from whoever is keen :) should be alot of fun. Will attach a link to sign up, or you can just dm me.
If you'd like more details, I've attached a link detailing the walk. But you can also dm me on facebook, or shoot me a text message on 0498 666 751
There's no pre-trip, but would like to discuss things before we go, so please get in touch.
More details:
https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/places-to-see/parks/great-otway-national-park/things-to-do/great-ocean-walk