Parking
Start at Point Grey Car Park, next to Point Grey Picnic Area and public toilets. The route ends beside Great Ocean Road at the St George River; arrange a pickup or retrace it.
Overview
About Lorne Tramway Track Stage 1
Why go
- Interpretive signs make Lorne's timber-tramway history tangible.
- A short route ends at the St George River mouth.
Heads up
- Point-to-point logistics mean arranging a pickup or retracing the track.
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation6–45 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
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 Lorne Tramway Track Stage 1, 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 Pier and Point Grey0:00 / 0:32
“You're nearing Lorne Pier at Point Grey, where a short walk takes you out over the water for a different view of town. I'd allow twenty minutes to walk out, look back across Louttit Bay, and watch the anglers.”
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
- St George River Loop
- Lorne Foreshore and Swing Bridge
- Allenvale Mill and Phantom Falls
- 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
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Trail guide
Hiking Lorne Tramway Track Stage 1
The short coastal walkLorne Tramway Track Stage 1 is a 0.
Lorne Tramway Track Stage 1 is a 0.93-mile point-to-point walk from Point Grey Car Park to the St George River mouth beside Great Ocean Road. Allow about 30 minutes one way. It is graded moderate and mostly follows the old timber tramway; interpretive signs explain Lorne's timber story. Choose it for a short history walk with a river-side finish.
Timber to the pierHorse teams hauled timber from sawmills at the St George River to Lorne pier, where it was…
Horse teams hauled timber from sawmills at the St George River to Lorne pier, where it was shipped onward to Geelong and Melbourne. The signs explain the local tramway and timber industry. Near the Point Grey end, tramway rails remain embedded in concrete by the former Fishermen's Co-operative.
Plan the returnThis is not a loop.
This is not a loop. Arrange pickup on Great Ocean Road by the St George River, or walk back along the track for about 1.9 miles round trip. The onward route toward Teddy's Lookout and Queens Park is a separate, longer walk. Dogs are permitted on a 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.
