Where to See Echidna in Great Otway National Park

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Echidna sightings in Great Otway

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Where Echidna has been reported, from 109 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM2% of the busiest hour1 AM2% of the busiest hour2 AM2% of the busiest hour3 AM4% of the busiest hour4 AM13% of the busiest hour5 AM32% of the busiest hour6 AM68% of the busiest hour7 AM89% of the busiest hour8 AM84% of the busiest hour9 AM63% of the busiest hour10 AM47% of the busiest hour11 AM37% of the busiest hourNoon32% of the busiest hour1 PM32% of the busiest hour2 PM37% of the busiest hour3 PM58% of the busiest hour4 PM84% of the busiest hour5 PMBusiest hour6 PM89% of the busiest hour7 PM58% of the busiest hour8 PM26% of the busiest hour9 PM13% of the busiest hour10 PM6% of the busiest hour11 PM3% of the busiest hour

Echidna is most seen 7 AM and 5–7 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Echidna sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	2%
1 AM	2%
2 AM	2%
3 AM	4%
4 AM	13%
5 AM	32%
6 AM	68%
7 AM	89%
8 AM	84%
9 AM	63%
10 AM	47%
11 AM	37%
Noon	32%
1 PM	32%
2 PM	37%
3 PM	58%
4 PM	84%
5 PM	100%
6 PM	89%
7 PM	58%
8 PM	26%
9 PM	13%
10 PM	6%
11 PM	3%

Audio tour

Hear about Echidna on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive Great Otway, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

Great Otway Tour Guide

An Echidna's Feeding Tools

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“If you spot an echidna with its nose down, watch how it searches for food. The short-beaked echidna uses its pointed snout and sharp claws to break into ant and termite nests.”

Plays as you drive in Parkwolf’s Great Otway Tour Guide.

One more story about Echidna in the app

An Egg in an Echidna’s Pouch

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Where to look

Great Otway spots that mention Echidna

Compare with the sightings

Places and trails whose Parkwolf guides talk about Echidna. A good start, never a guarantee.

Places

CampgroundBimbi ParkCamp beneath manna gums for a chance at koalas overhead.

Trails

ModeratePoint Addis and Bells Beach Loop14.5 km · 4 hrFrom forest to Bells Beach, finish along sand at low tide

ModerateWye to Kennett River Walk5.5 km · 3 hrCoastal views give way to ferny gullies and old mill country.

ModerateMoggs Creek – Coalmine Creek Walk8.5 km · 3 hrA one-way forest walk from Moggs Creek to the Great Ocean Road.

Wolf sightings in Yellowstone on Parkwolf’s Find Wildlife map, brightest around Lamar Valley — Wolf sightings in Yellowstone, in the app

Find Wildlife in Parkwolf

Every sighting map, in your pocket.

16 sighting mapsfor Great Otway, on the same park map as your route
Works offlineout where the animals are and the signal isn’t
252 audio storiesplay as you drive Great Otway, wildlife included

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Wildlife

More wildlife in Great Otway

All 16 sighting maps

204 sightingsKoalaPhascolarctos cinereusMost seen 6 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map

35 sightingsGrey KangarooMacropus giganteusMost seen 6 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map

58 sightingsKookaburraDacelo novaeguineaeMost seen 5–8 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map

97 sightingsSwamp WallabyWallabia bicolorMost seen 6 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map

20 sightingsBrushtail PossumTrichosurus vulpeculaMost seen 7–9 PMSighting map

21 sightingsRing-tailed PossumPseudocheirus peregrinusMost seen 6 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

10 sightingsSugar GliderPetaurus notatusMost seen 7–9 PMSighting map

19 sightingsWedge-tailed EagleAquila audaxMost seen 9 AM–4 PMSighting map

Where to see Echidna in Great Otway