Parking
Start at Lorne Visitor Centre, 15 Mountjoy Parade. Finish at the beach below the Great Ocean Road car park under Allen Street; arrange a pickup or walk back. Parking arrangements at the visitor centre were not established.
Overview
About Bert Alsop Walk
Why go
- Swing Bridge, memorial graves and a Melaleuca grove on a short walk
- Easy and stroller-friendly
Heads up
- Point-to-point logistics call for a pickup or a return walk
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation1–11 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
7 active Great Ocean Road alerts
- ClosureLorne-area walking trails closed after flood and storm damageSeveral walking trails near Lorne remain closed; do not enter closed tracks. - Phantom Falls Walk is temporarily closed because flood and storm damage affected the trail and structures.Official details
- ClosureWye Road closed after storm and flood damageWye Road is closed until further notice for road maintenance and repairs following storm and flood damage; do not use the road. Check current Great Otway National Park conditions before travelling.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Great Ocean Road Tour Guide
Your drive to Bert Alsop Walk, narrated.
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.
See the Great Ocean Road audio tourRecorded for this trailhead
Lorne Foreshore and Swing Bridge0:00 / 0:31
“You're nearing Lorne's foreshore, where the long town beach makes an easy break from the drive. Stop at the Visitor Information Centre on Mountjoy Parade if you want help choosing local stops for the time you have.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Great Ocean Road Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Teddy's Lookout
- Lorne Pier and Point Grey
- Allenvale Mill and Phantom Falls
- St George River Loop
- 181 audio storiesacross Great Ocean Road’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Koala, Kangaroo, Little Penguin, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 109 trails, 99 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
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Trail guide
Hiking Bert Alsop Walk
A short point-to-point walkBert Alsop Walk follows North Lorne’s foreshore from the Lorne Visitor Centre to the beach…
Bert Alsop Walk follows North Lorne’s foreshore from the Lorne Visitor Centre to the beach below the Allen Street car park. The connected mapped path is about 1 mile (1.6 km) one way and takes about an hour; published walk descriptions list 2 km. Walk through Top Bank Caravan Park to Swing Bridge, cross it, then turn right along the foreshore. You pass memorial graves and a Melaleuca grove before reaching the sand. The route is marked easy and stroller-friendly, with concrete footway, boardwalk and gravel path along the way.
Plan the returnThis works best with a pickup at the Great Ocean Road car park below Allen Street.
This works best with a pickup at the Great Ocean Road car park below Allen Street. Otherwise, retrace the same route; that makes the walk about 2 miles (3.2 km) return. A beach return to the river mouth is possible only when the tide allows, and its distance isn’t specified, so don’t rely on it without checking conditions.
The bridge and Bert AlsopThe white Swing Bridge over the river is the clearest landmark and photo stop; look back from…
The white Swing Bridge over the river is the clearest landmark and photo stop; look back from the foreshore for the bridge reflected in the water. The walk honors Bert Alsop, a local butcher and carpenter. It opened on 14 April 1985, when his wife Beryl unveiled a plaque. Dogs are allowed on lead.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Great Ocean Road
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.
