Sight · Great Ocean Road
Coastal views span Sherbrook Creek Beach and Mutton Bird Island.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Great Ocean Road Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Great Ocean Road. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Loch Ard Gorge“You're approaching Loch Ard Gorge, where two limestone walls enclose a sandy inlet with a narrow opening to the sea. Give this precinct about an hour if you want more than a quick look.”
Plays as you drive up to Broken Head Lookout in the Parkwolf Great Ocean Road Tour Guide.
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Guide
Broken Head Lookout is a coastal headland viewpoint in Port Campbell National Park’s western Loch Ard Gorge precinct. It suits a longer stop along the linked trails; this is an extra walk to a view, not a roadside pull-in. The signed Living on the Edge route to Broken Head is 1.8 km return from the Poombeeyt Koontapool car park, over crushed rock and bitumen with a gentle dip and climb.
Sherbrook Creek Beach lies west of the headland, with Mutton Bird Island offshore to the east. The view is about the shape of the coastline: pale layered limestone, broad rock shelves and open water. Waves, wind and rain have carved this limestone coast into cliffs, arches and stacks over thousands of years. Leave a strip of rock shelf in the foreground to make the coast’s layers show up in a photo.
Wildlife
900 sightingsKoalaMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
358 sightingsKangarooMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
49 sightingsLittle PenguinMost seen around 8 PMSighting map
155 sightingsEchidnaMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
33 sightingsFur SealMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
59 sightingsRed-necked WallabyMost seen around 6 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Great Ocean Road. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
EasyLoch Ard Gorge Living on the Edge Walk3.2 km · 1.5 hr · 0.9 km awayClifftop paths link Thunder Cave, Muttonbird Island and Broken Head.
EasyLoch Ard Gorge Shipwreck Walk1.4 km · 50 min · 0.9 km awayA short cliff-top walk into the Loch Ard shipwreck story.
EasyLoch Ard Gorge Geology Walk0.9 km · 40 min · 1.3 km awayA level clifftop stroll to two limestone lookouts.
EasyTwelve Apostles to Gibson Steps Walk2.2 km · 1 hr · 4.6 km awayA short gravel out-and-back to Gibson Steps’ cliff-top view.
ModeratePort Campbell Discovery Walk4.4 km · 1.5 hr · 6.3 km awayA creek bridge and 191 steps open to Shipwreck Coast views
Sight · 0.3 km awayThunder CaveA roofless sea cave where hard surf can boom through.
Sight · 0.6 km awayPoombeeyt Koontapool – The BlowholeA whale-shaped lookout frames waves in a narrow limestone opening.Sight · 0.8 km awayMutton Bird Island LookoutA short walk to the island's sea arch and returning shearwaters.
Sight · 1.1 km awayLoch Ard CemeteryFour graves tell the human story behind the Loch Ard wreck.
Sight · 1.2 km awayLoch Ard GorgeA sea-cut inlet with layered cliffs and a shipwreck story.
Sight · 1.5 km awayThe RazorbackA limestone spine above the surf at Loch Ard Gorge.
Sight · 4.6 km awayThe Twelve ApostlesSeven limestone stacks, surf and cliffs from one coastal lookout.
Sight · 5.4 km awayGibson Steps86 steps put you face to face with Gog and Magog.Parkwolf’s Great Ocean Road ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
