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Loch Ard Gorge

Cape Otway Lighthouse

Fiji wreck

Magnificent beaches

What's included?
	▪ Based at Whispering Seas Otways Guest House ▪ Luxury Accommodation in Queen or King Size single. ▪ Pick up and drop off. ▪ Walk each day through a different section of the Shipwreck Coast ▪ Healthy Picnic Lunch. ▪ Gourmet dinner with magnificent local wine.

Shipwreck Coast

Cape Otway to Port Fairy

The shipwreck coast of Victoria stretches from Cape Otway to Port Fairy.

Many ships were wrecked on this rugged coastline last century. The stormy west pass of Victoria claimed hundreds of lives as the clipper ships headed for Melbourne and the Goldfields. The ‘Loch Ard’ is probably the best known.

Explorer Matthew Flinders said of the Shipwreck Coast, “I have seldom seen a more fearful section of coastline”.

Meet the challenge and walk this wild rugged coastline. Experience the walk of a lifetime….. wind blowing your hair and the salt air up your nostrils …experience the stirring of your soul as you walk with the long lost souls who were shipwrecked.

Suggested sites

Cape Otway Lighthouse - Climb the 350 steps to see the anchors of wrecked ships at Wreck Beach.
Wreck Beach - Fiji wreck
Twelve Apostles
Bay of Islands
Bay of Martyrs
Loch Ard Gorge - Walk the hauntingly beautiful beach
Maritime village and museum - See the Peacock that was washed ashore a couple of days after the tragic shipwreck.

Difficulty of walk

Easy to Moderate

Group Size

A minimum of two people.

Hightlights

Loch Ard Gorge. Lighthouse. Museum. History

Frequently Asked Questions

Wreck Beach

Great Otway National Park

Length: 1 kilometre
Walk: 1 hour one way
Track: Sand/steps
Grade: Many steps
Start: Wreck Beach car park, Moonlight Head Road
Finish: Fiji anchor
Nearby: Lavers Hill or Princetown
Permits/bookings: None required.

Wreck Beach lies at the eastern end of the Shipwreck Coast, a 130-kilometre stretch of treacherous water between Moonlight Head and Port Fairy that claimed about 80 ships during the early days of European settlement.

From the car park, make your way down the 400 or so steps to Wreck Beach and turn right. The short walk along the sand ends where the anchors of the Marie Gabrielle (1869) and the Fiji (1891) lie embedded in the beach a few hundred metres apart.

Note: Make this walk at low tide only, and beware of large sea swells.