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Great Otway National Park

IUCN Category II (National Park)

Nearest town/city:

Apollo Bay

Coordinates:

38°46′24″S, 143°33′27″E

Area:

129 km²

Managing authorities:

Parks Victoria

Official site:

Great Otway National Park

Great Otway National Park is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 162 km southwest of Melbourne. The 103,000 ha park was declared in 2004 when Otway National Park, Angahook-Lorne State Park, Carlisle State Park, Melba Gully State Park, areas of the Otway State forest and a number of Crown Land reserves were combined into one park. The World Conservation Union or International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ... Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ... Image File history File links Locator_Dot. ... Image File history File links Australia_Locator_Map. ... Apollo Bay is a coastal town in southwestern Victoria. ... Capital Melbourne Government Const. ... The City of Melbournes coat of arms The central business district of Melbourne, viewed from the north Alternate meanings: Melbourne (disambiguation) Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the Central...

The park contains three camping areas - at Johanna, Aire River and Blanket Bay, and it can be accessed from the east via Apollo Bay, north via Forrest or Beech Forest, and from the west via Princetown. The park runs along the coast in the Otway Ranges, offering good access to beaches and to the Otway forest. There are many walking tracks in the park allowing access to the beaches. The Cape Otway Lighthouse is adjacent to the park, and open to tourists several days a week (visits by arrangement). Forrest, Victoria is a small rural township located in the Otway Ranges. ... Cape Otway is a cape in south Victoria, Australia on the Great Ocean Road; much of the area is enclosed in the Otway National Park. ... The Peggys Point lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada An aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire. ...

The park is also a popular area for interstate and international tourists. Many companies operate tours in the region for tourists.

Great Otway National Park, and in particular around Aire River Camp Ground, is a very reliable location for koala spotting as many koalas have made the area their home. Binomial name Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817) The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is a thickset arboreal marsupial herbivore native to Australia, and the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae. ...

For those who do not wish to camp, accommodation is available at Apollo Bay and several other nearby locations. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1132x1113, 357 KB) Summary A Koala caught climbing up a tree. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1132x1113, 357 KB) Summary A Koala caught climbing up a tree. ... Apollo Bay is a coastal town in southwestern Victoria. ...

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National Parks of Victoria

Alfred | Alpine | Baw Baw | Brisbane Ranges | Burrowa-Pine Mountain | Chiltern-Mt Pilot | Churchill | Coopracambra | Croajingolong | Dandenong Ranges | Errinundra | French Island | Grampians | Hattah-Kulkyne | Heathcote-Greytown | Kinglake | Lake Eildon | Lind | Little Desert | Lower Glenelg | Mitchell River | Mornington Peninsula | Morwell | Mount Buffalo | Mount Eccles | Mount Richmond | Murray-Sunset | Organ Pipes | Great Otway | Port Campbell | Snowy River | Tarra-Bulga | Terrick Terrick | The Lakes | Wilsons Promontory | Wyperfeld | Yarra Ranges Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ... Capital Melbourne Government Const. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Victoria_(Australia). ... Alfred is a small national park in Victoria (Australia), 388 km east of Melbourne. ... Alpine is a national park in Victoria (Australia), northeast of Melbourne. ... Baw Baw is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 111 km east of Melbourne. ... Brisbane Ranges is a national park in Australia), 59 km west of Melbourne. ... Burrowa-Pine Mountain is a national park in Australia), 314 km northeast of Melbourne. ... Chiltern-Mt Pilot is a national park in Victoria, Australia, 237 kilometres northeast of Melbourne. ... Churchill is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 31 km southeast of Melbourne. ... Coopracambra is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 380 km east of Melbourne. ... Croajingolong is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 427 km east of Melbourne. ... Dandenong Ranges National Park is in Victoria (Australia), 38 km east of Melbourne. ... Errinundra is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 352 km east of Melbourne. ... French Island National Park is located on French Island on Western Port, Victoria, (Australia), 61 km southeast of Melbourne. ... The Pinnacle offers stunning views of the surrounding park, this photograph just one example. ... Hattah-Kulkyne is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 417 km northwest of Melbourne. ... Heathcote-Graytown National Park is located in the North Central region of Victoria, Australia. ... Kinglake is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 50 km northeast of Melbourne. ... Lake Eildon is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 111 km northeast of Melbourne. ... Lind is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 353 km east of Melbourne. ... The Little Desert is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 375 km west of Melbourne. ... Lower Glenelg is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 323 km west of Melbourne. ... Mitchell River is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 211 km east of Melbourne. ... Mornington Peninsula is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 77 km south of Melbourne. ... Morwell is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 140 km east of Melbourne. ... Mount Buffalo is a mountain plateau in Victoria (Australia), 200 km northeast of Melbourne. ... Mount Eccles National Park is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 270 km west of Melbourne. ... Mount Richmond is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 313 km west of Melbourne. ... Murray-Sunset is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 438 km northwest of Melbourne. ... Organ Pipes is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 23 km northwest of Melbourne. ... Port Campbell is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 190 km southwest of Melbourne. ... Snowy River is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 323 km east of Melbourne. ... Tarra-Bulga is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 158 km east of Melbourne. ... Terrick Terrick is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 196 km northwest of Melbourne. ... The Lakes is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 245 km east of Melbourne. ... Wilsons Promontory National Park (or more rarely Wilsons Promontory National Park), commonly known as Wilsons Prom, is a national park in the Gippsland region of Victoria (Australia), 157 km southeast of Melbourne. ... Wyperfeld National Park is the third largest national park in Victoria (south-eastern Australia). ... Yarra Ranges is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 92 km east of Melbourne. ...

Visitor attractions on the Great Ocean Road

Attractions: Bay of Islands Coastal Park | Bells Beach | Great Otway National Park | Port Campbell National Park | The Twelve Apostles The Great Ocean Road (known as the Surfcoast Highway between Geelong and Torquay) which stretches along the South Eastern coast of Australia between the Victorian cities of Geelong and Warrnambool is the worlds biggest war memorial. ... Bay of Islands Bay of Islands Coastal Park is a 32 kilometre long coastal reserve located on the Great Ocean Road between Peterborough and Warrnambool in Australia. ... Bells Beach Bells Beach is an internationally famous surf beach in Victoria, Australia, located 71 km south-west of Melbourne, on the Great Ocean Road near the towns of Torquay and Jan Juc. ... Port Campbell is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 190 km southwest of Melbourne. ... The Twelve Apostles are a collection of natural limestone stacks standing just off shore in the Port Campbell National Park, on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. ...

Towns: Aireys Inlet | Anglesea | Apollo Bay | Lorne | Peterborough | Portland | Torquay Aireys Inlet is a small coastal inlet and town located on the Great Ocean Road, South-West of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Anglesea, including the tidal river mouth, seen from the Great Ocean Road. ... Apollo Bay is a coastal town in southwestern Victoria. ... Lorne is a seaside town on Louttit Bay in Victoria, Australia. ... Peterborough is a small town on the historic Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia, about 3 hours drive from Melbourne. ... The city of Portland () is the oldest European settlement in what is now the state of Victoria, Australia. ... View from Point Danger, looking towards the Torquay surf beach. ...

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