Parking
At the end of Spence Avenue. From the Great Ocean Road, turn onto Gilbert Street opposite the Aireys Inlet Community Centre and drive about 1.1 km; turn left onto Katalin Road, then right onto Spence Avenue.
Overview
About Ted’s Ridge Track
Why go
- Spring orchids and heath flowers on a short walk
- An entrance plaque gives the track a local story
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation80–105 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 Ted’s Ridge Track, 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 area
The Crabs That March Forwards0:00 / 0:26
“On a sandy estuary flat, a crowd of little blue crabs may be soldier crabs. They can walk forwards, which makes their marching groups quite distinctive.”
Plays on the road 0.5 km from the trailhead in the Parkwolf Great Otway Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
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- 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
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Trail guide
Hiking Ted’s Ridge Track
A short walk for the heathTed’s Ridge Track is an easy 1.
Ted’s Ridge Track is an easy 1.6 km return out-and-back from the end of Spence Avenue to the junction with Snakey Gully Track. Allow about 45 minutes, plus time to stop for flowers. The map line covers about 0.6 km each way, while the published return figure implies 0.8 km each way; treat the total as approximate; follow the signed track to the Snakey Gully junction and return the same way. Enter through the opening in the fence at the street end.
Look closely along the trackThe path winds through messmate eucalypts and Austral grass-trees, with low heath plants close…
The path winds through messmate eucalypts and Austral grass-trees, with low heath plants close to the tread. Spring brings the most flowers, including orchids and the endemic Unicorn Bearded Greenhood. Some grass-trees show damage from cinnamon fungus, and fuel-reduction burns leave some trunks dark against the low understorey.
A name at the entranceA plaque remembers Ted Faggetter (1909–2001), a local walker and co-founder of the…
A plaque remembers Ted Faggetter (1909–2001), a local walker and co-founder of the Angahook–Lorne park friends group that became Friends of Eastern Otways. To reach the start, turn off the Great Ocean Road onto Gilbert Street opposite the Aireys Inlet Community Centre. After about 1.1 km, turn left on Katalin Road, then right onto Spence Avenue and park at its end. Dogs are not allowed on walking tracks here.
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.
