Ocean View Lookout, Moggs Creek

Start at Moggs Creek Picnic Ground. The lookout spur leaves Moggs Creek Track, but reaching it means tackling the full loop: allow about two hours for roughly 4.5–5 km. Published route lengths differ slightly. Expect steady uphill walking and a few steep sections, and carry water.

Give the panorama a minute rather than taking in only the ocean. The Great Ocean Road follows the shoreline below, with beaches, houses and Split Point Lighthouse spread along the coast. For a photo, keep a little of the coastal scrub in the foreground so the road and beach have a sense of scale.

The circuit crosses dry forest of ironbarks, messmates, peppermints, Mountain Grey-gums and Southern Blue-gums. A stand of Austral Grass-trees marks the approach before the track drops toward the coast and the lookout spur.

Blackened ironbark trunks recall the 1983 bushfires and later fuel-reduction burns. Large-leaf Bush-pea flowers in spring, and small terrestrial orchids can appear in winter and spring. Eastern Grey Kangaroos are often seen along the walk; listen for Rufous Bristlebirds, Eastern Yellow Robins, White-throated Treecreepers and Grey Shrike-thrushes.

The circuit starts at Moggs Creek Picnic Ground, where there are toilets, picnic tables and wood-fired barbecues. Bring your own firewood if you plan to use a barbecue, and pack a snack for the walk.