Campground · Great Ocean Road
A grassy coastal base a short walk from Johanna Beach.
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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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Johanna Beach“Johanna Beach is coming up, a broad sweep of sand beneath green hills with long lines of surf rolling in. Stop for a shore walk or a picnic, rather than a swim: the exposed breaks are powerful and hazardous.”
Plays as you drive up to Johanna Beach Campground in the Parkwolf Great Ocean Road Tour Guide.
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Guide
Johanna Beach Campground is a drive-in, unpowered camp in Great Otway National Park, set in open grassy clearings behind Johanna Beach. Its 25 sites take up to six people each. Stay for a grassy coastal base near the beach or as a base for walking the Great Ocean Walk, rather than for powered-site comforts. Book through Parks Victoria before you arrive.
Facilities are basic: non-flush toilets, including an accessible toilet, and untreated water. Bring potable drinking water, food and camping supplies. The sites are open grassy plots rather than enclosed, private bays, and some pitches feel close to neighboring campers. Wind and rain can reach this open coastal setting, so pack for changeable weather.
Johanna Beach has a place in Australian surf history. In May 1970 the World Surfing Titles moved here after Bells Beach went flat. That story belongs to the beach itself, but it adds a little context to a stay beside this stretch of coast.
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
ModerateCastle Cove to Johanna Beach Walk7 km · 2.5 hr · 4.8 km awayFrom clifftop bush to Johanna’s beach and river crossing.
ChallengingMilanesia Gate to Moonlight Head Walk11.9 km · 5 hr · 5.2 km awayA rugged coast walk where the tide decides whether you can start.ModerateMilanesia Beach Walk4 km · 1.5 hr · 5.2 km awayA steep drop to a remote beach; a harder climb back.
ModerateMadsen’s Track Nature Walk1.4 km · 42 min · 7.1 km awayA shaded river loop through rainforest to Anne’s Cascades.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.
