Parking
Use Point Addis car park off Point Addis Road. Walk back up the road past the toilet block to the coastal track access. Parking can be crowded on summer weekends and holidays.
Overview
About Koorie Cultural Walk
Why go
- Wadawurrung cultural interpretation
- Coastal lookout over Addiscot Beach
Heads up
- Published distance figures differ from the mapped route
Map & elevation
The route
Loading the Great Otway map
Full mapElevation18–32 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
3 active Great Otway alerts
- ClosureWye Road closed after storm and flood damageWye Road is closed until further notice because recent storm and flood damage requires road maintenance and repair works; plan around the closure.Official details
- ClosureLorne-area walking trails closed after flood damageSome walking trails near Lorne are closed for public safety after the January 2026 flash floods washed away or severely damaged bridges and walkways.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Great Otway Tour Guide
Your drive to Koorie Cultural Walk, narrated.
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.
See the Great Otway audio tourRecorded for this trailhead
Point Addis: Coast from the Boardwalk0:00 / 0:30
“Point Addis is coming up, with a boardwalk linking several lookouts above the surf and sandy cove.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Great Otway Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Ironbark Basin: A Woodland Picnic
- Southside Beach: Below the Cliffs
- The Robin That Watches from a Trunk
- An Orchid with a Hinged Trap
- 252 audio storiesacross Great Otway’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Koala, Grey Kangaroo, Echidna, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 83 trails, 79 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Trail guide
Hiking Koorie Cultural Walk
The walkThis easy out-and-back follows Point Addis Road from the car park to the coastal track, then…
This easy out-and-back follows Point Addis Road from the car park to the coastal track, then continues through heath to a lookout above Addiscot Beach. Follow the trail junctions to the short lookout spur and return the same way. It is a compact walk; allow about an hour to take in the view and any interpretation along the route.
DistanceThe connected mapped corridor measures about 530 m one way, or roughly 1.
The connected mapped corridor measures about 530 m one way, or roughly 1.1 km for the return walk. Published figures conflict: a park plan gives 2 km return, while a regional listing gives 1 km without saying whether that is one way or round trip. Treat the stored distance as approximate and check local wayfinding at the start.
Cultural interpretationThe short route is valued for its Koorie cultural interpretation on Wadawurrung Country.
The short route is valued for its Koorie cultural interpretation on Wadawurrung Country. Take time with the on-site interpretation and the coastal heath setting; the interpretive experience is central to this walk.
Track and accessExpect an unpaved track, junctions and some steps or short climbs.
Expect an unpaved track, junctions and some steps or short climbs. Toilets are near the access road. Dogs are permitted on lead in the visitor area and on this section of the coastal walk. Point Addis car parks can be crowded on summer weekends and holidays.
SafetyThe route overlooks steep coastal cliffs.
The route overlooks steep coastal cliffs. Stay on the track and well back from exposed edges; the walk does not require going down to the beach.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Great Otway
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.
