Great Ocean Walk

The Great Ocean Walk is a hiking trail in Victoria in Australia. The path runs along the coastline near the Great Ocean Road. He leads through an area that is characterized by a steep coast and weathered limestone and sandstone cliffs and spectacular views of Bass Strait and the Southern Ocean.

Way

The trail starts 200 kilometers south-west of Melbourne and extends over a length of 104 kilometers to to Apollo Bay for Glenample Homestead, near the Twelve Apostles. In its course, the trail leads through the Otway National Park. Every ten to 15 kilometers accommodation set up, you should pre-reserve a hiker, however. There are also guided walks.

The path is not always visible from the Great Ocean Road and is just between the Apollo Bay to Cape Otway and is difficult but later from the crossing of Dan Ryan's. Note also that the water line is subject to a tidal range.

There are seven camps Elliot Ridge, Blanket Bay, Cape Otway, Aire River, Johanna Beach, Ryans Den and Devils Kitchen. Blanket Bay, Parker Hill, Aire River and Johanna Beach are accessible by vehicles.

At Blanket Bay and Parker Inlet there are disinfection stations against the spread of Phytophthora cinnamomi. Trails may be closed to protect the sensitive sand dunes and historic sites. Also be locked areas that are revegetated with indigenous plants.

Infrastructures

The idea for the construction of the Great Ocean Walk was built in 1974., And was resumed in the early 1990s. Planning began in 1994 with the construction started in 2001 and finally completed in 2006 and opened. Park Victoria invested for the 91 km long section between Apollo Bay and Glenample AUD 2.3 million. The existing 25 km long road was set manually repaired. In the planning and construction of roads, great importance was placed on a lowest possible impact on nature. The steps were built with local and imported natural stone; this happened only in steep terrain and the installation and installation of stairs was low use of machinery to conserve nature. Stone bridges and a single wooden bridge were built to overcome water areas.

2009, a 10 km long road from Moonlight Head to the tourist center of the Twelve Apostles was created.