Parking
Start at the car park beside Yellow Bluff Playground in Elephant Walk Reserve. Point Danger is the one-way endpoint; allow for the walk back or arrange a pickup.
Overview
About Torquay Promenade Walk
Why go
- Flat, step-free concrete path.
- Beaches, pines and Point Danger views on one short walk.
Heads up
- Cyclists share the path.
- Walking back to the start doubles the distance.
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation4–17 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 Torquay Promenade 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 area
Torquay Beaches and Point Danger0:00 / 0:32
“Torquay's beaches are coming up, with two quite different ways to spend a break. For a picnic or calmer water, I'd choose Front Beach and its sheltered Cosy Corner beside Point Danger, though conditions still change.”
Plays on the road 1 km from the trailhead in the Parkwolf Great Ocean Road Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
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Trail guide
Hiking Torquay Promenade Walk
A short Torquay foreshore walkTorquay Promenade Walk is a 1.
Torquay Promenade Walk is a 1.5 km one-way section of the Surf Coast Walk, from Yellow Bluff to Point Danger. It follows a flat, step-free concrete shared path along Torquay’s foreshore. Allow about 20 minutes one way; walking back makes it a 3 km outing of roughly 40 minutes. It’s an easy way to see the town’s beaches and waterfront, rather than a remote coastal hike.
Front Beach and Cosy CornerStart beside Yellow Bluff and head south along the foreshore.
Start beside Yellow Bluff and head south along the foreshore. The path passes a lookout over Front Beach, the Norfolk Island pines and Cosy Corner, crossing by the Cosy Corner car park before reaching Point Danger. Cafés on Gilbert Street and public toilets on the Esplanade and at Front Beach are along the way. Cyclists share the route, so keep an eye out for riders.
From Yellow Bluff to Point DangerYellow Bluff takes its name from its yellow limestone.
Yellow Bluff takes its name from its yellow limestone. The reserve’s Elephant Walk name recalls visiting circuses that exercised elephants there in summer. At the end, Point Danger’s ANZAC memorial sits above a broad coastal view back toward Point Impossible. Offshore reefs that once challenged ships gave the point its name. From here, you can join the Torquay Historical Walk or continue along the next Surf Coast Walk leg toward Bird Rock.
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.
