Campground · Great Otway National Park
Free rainforest camping, with the waterfall walk starting from camp.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Great Otway Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Great Otway National Park. 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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Beauchamp Falls: Leave Time for the Climb“You're nearing the Beauchamp Falls campground, where the walk to the falls begins. Allow one to two hours for the three-kilometre return trip through mountain ash and thick ferns to a twenty-metre waterfall and its pool.”
Plays as you drive up to Beauchamp Falls Campground in the Parkwolf Great Otway Tour Guide.
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Beauchamp Falls Campground is a free, unbooked campground in Otway Forest Park near Beech Forest. Its picnic area is also the starting point for the Beauchamp Falls walk. Flat, spacious areas accommodate tents, caravans, campervans and camper trailers. It’s popular and you can’t reserve a site, so arriving early gives you the best chance of finding a spot.
The return walk from the picnic area is 3 km and takes about an hour. It leads to Beauchamp Falls, a 20-metre waterfall. Visitors often describe the climb near the falls as steep, so leave time for the return as well.
There are toilets, picnic tables and fire pits, but no potable water; bring enough for drinking and cooking. Firewood can be sparse or wet, so bring your own. The approach is unsealed, though the managing agency says it is suitable for 2WD vehicles and caravans. Dogs are allowed.
Wildlife
204 sightingsKoalaMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
35 sightingsGrey KangarooMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
109 sightingsEchidnaMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
58 sightingsKookaburraMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
97 sightingsSwamp WallabyMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
20 sightingsBrushtail PossumMost seen around 8 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Great Otway. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
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The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
