Parking
Park at Moggs Creek Picnic Ground, off Boyd Avenue. The circuit sign is at the western end of the car park.
Overview
About Moggs Creek Circuit Walk
Why go
- Four bridges and an elevated gully view give this short loop a clear focal point.
- Picnic tables and toilets sit beside the start.
Heads up
- Bring your own drinking water.
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation35–65 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 Moggs Creek Circuit 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.
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Moggs Creek Picnic Area0:00 / 0:29
“Up ahead is Old Coach Road, the turnoff for Moggs Creek Picnic Area. The clearing is farther inland, with an unsealed final approach, so choose it if you'd like to settle into the eucalypt forest for lunch.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Great Ocean Road Tour Guide.
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Trail guide
Hiking Moggs Creek Circuit Walk
The loopThis easy 1.
This easy 1.9 km circuit leaves Moggs Creek Picnic Ground, drops into a fern-lined creek gully, then loops back to the same car park. Allow about 45 minutes at a relaxed pace. The mapped distance includes the short picnic-ground link between the west end of the car park and the named circuit. This is the short creek walk, separate from the longer Ocean View Circuit that climbs toward a coastal lookout.
Four small bridgesA narrow, well-graded path follows the creek and crosses four small timber bridges.
A narrow, well-graded path follows the creek and crosses four small timber bridges. The best look into the gully opens from higher ground between bridges two and three. After the creekside stretch, the track rises briefly to this vantage before returning toward the picnic ground.
Forest detailsFerns, mosses, fungi and lichens fill the understorey beneath ironbark and eucalypts.
Ferns, mosses, fungi and lichens fill the understorey beneath ironbark and eucalypts. Some blackened ironbark trunks recall the 1983 bushfires and later fuel-reduction burns. Flowers are most rewarding in late spring and early summer; Nodding Greenhood orchids can appear near the return. Listen for honeyeaters, Red Wattlebirds and Pied Currawongs, and keep a quiet eye out for shy Swamp Wallabies.
At the picnic groundStart at the circuit sign at the western end of the car park.
Start at the circuit sign at the western end of the car park. Toilets, picnic tables and wood-fired barbecues are at the picnic ground; bring your own firewood and drinking water. Dogs are not permitted on this route.
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.
