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Following the track in the Great Otway National Park.

Australia’s wild and unforgiving coast makes this ‘great walk’ sublime

The coast-hugging Great Ocean Walk has sea views in abundance, and covers 110 kilometres from Apollo Bay to the Twelve Apostles.

  • Jim Darby

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Camping at Parks Victoria’s sites will be free until July.

Unhappy campers: Caravan park fees soar as free sites snapped up

Victorians are finding campsites cost almost as much as hotels, putting them out of reach for many families.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
Some of the children whose boats were capsized by the high winds on Sunday.

Children rescued from Port Phillip Bay; winds fan Great Ocean Road fires as smoke wafts into Melbourne

Strong winds have caused havoc in Victoria, with children rescued in Port Phillip Bay and firefighters battling to contain a bushfire near the Great Ocean Road.

  • Cassandra Morgan and Roy Ward
The Split Point Lighthouse, which looms above the coastline and Great Ocean Road.

The little clause sending Great Ocean Road tourism operators round the twist

A dispute over tours at a popular lighthouse is the latest flashpoint between coastal communities and a recently established government authority tasked with managing some of the Great Ocean Road’s best-loved sites.  

  • Benjamin Preiss
Wreck Beach Walk, Great Otway National Park.

Two people found dead on walking track near Great Ocean Road

A passerby found the bodies of a man and a woman on a walking track near Wreck Beach. Police later said they were not treating either death as suspicious.

  • Alex Crowe and Lachlan Abbott
The Apollo Bay harbour and port where Bass Strait Freight wants to ship cattle to King Island.

Cows and tourists lock horns over Apollo Bay shipping plan

A sea freight company’s proposal to move 20,000 cattle through the port of the Great Ocean Road tourist town to King Island each year has sparked fierce resistance.

  • Benjamin Preiss
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Children bounce on the Lorne trampolines when they were still open in 2020.

The only thing jumping at the Lorne trampolines is insurance costs

Generations of children bounced on the trampolines until they were abruptly closed in 2020, and a $500,000 insurance bill means they are unlikely to reopen this summer.

  • Cara Waters and Millie Muroi
Firefighters have been carrying out planned burns in at-risk areas, such as Bendigo National Park.

How this year’s bushfire season is different from Black Summer

Years of La Nina events have fuelled vegetation growth across Victoria, but different conditions and new technology could make a difference this bushfire season.

  • Laura Chung
Santara Restaurant at Sunnymead Hotel.

Super sangas to hidden dining rooms: Six of the Great Ocean Road’s best eats

From a retro deli slinging super sandwiches to a restaurant hiding in a bowls club, you won’t go hungry when you make this famed journey.

  • Justin Meneguzzi
The refreshed Sunnymead Hotel at Aireys Inlet.

Latest addition to motel revival offers rare spa experience

Effervescent and easy-going, the restored Sunnymead Hotel can either be a happy pit-stop on your Great Ocean Road trip or a relaxing place to linger a little longer.

  • Justin Meneguzzi

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