Campground · Great Otway National Park
Free tent camping among redwoods by the Gellibrand River.
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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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Stevensons Falls: The Step-Free Waterfall Walk“You're approaching the Upper Gellibrand Road turnoff for Stevensons Falls, with more driving before the walk begins. This is a good choice for a waterfall visit without a steep stair climb.”
Plays as you drive up to Stevensons Falls Campground in the Parkwolf Great Otway Tour Guide.
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Stevensons Falls Campground is a free, unpowered campground with 44 designated tent sites beside the Gellibrand River, among Californian redwoods. It is a simple bush-camping base if you want a night in the forest and a nearby falls walk. There are no bookings, so aim for an early arrival on busy weekends when campers report it fills. The site suits tents and 2WD vehicles; caravans and camper trailers are not suitable.
You can park beside a pitch on a natural surface that may be soft or uneven. The campground has four accessible toilets, picnic tables and wood-fired barbecues. Drinking water, showers and a shop are not listed, so bring your own water and food. Dogs are allowed.
The falls walk starts from a separate picnic-area car park nearby, rather than the campground pitches. It passes redwoods, crosses the Gellibrand River and follows the water to a viewing platform at the base of the falls. A higher platform has steps.
The Californian redwoods around the campground are remnants of a trial plantation established in the 1980s. Douglas firs and blue spruces also grow along nearby walks, giving the valley a mix of introduced conifers and river forest.
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.
