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Length: 27km
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Duration: 8hrs
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Grade: 3
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Style: Circuit
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Start: Cape Otway Lightstation
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End: Cape Otway Lightstation
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Location: Great Otway National Park
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Closest Town: Hordern Vale
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Distance from CBD: 229km
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State: VIC
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Latitude: -38.8164206668
Longitude: 143.5532851885
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Cape Otway Blanket Bay is a 27km, grade 3 Circuit hike located in Great Otway National Park Victoria. The hike should take approximately 8hrs to complete.
Summary
Venture through the Great Otway National Park to Cape Otway, the southernmost point of the Great Ocean Road region. Witness some of Victoria’s most remote and beautiful rainforest, coastal scenery and mainland Australia’s oldest lighthouse. The Cape Otway Blanket Bay hike commences at the Cape Otway Lightstation where towering cliffs frame pristine sandy beachs and visits the isolated and incredibly beautiful Blanket Bay.
Getting there
Cape Otway is just over 200 km from Melbourne. From Melbourne take the Princes Highway to Geelong, then the Great Ocean Road through Lorne and Apollo Bay. 16 km west of Apollo Bay turn left onto Lighthouse Road. The Lightstation is 13 km from the Great Ocean Road turnoff.
Tips
The facilities and attractions in the Cape Otway Lighthouse precinct include the historic lighthouse and beacon, Telegraph Station, the Head Lighthouse Keeper’s House, a whale interpretive area, an Indigenous cultural display, café and public toilets.
Max elevation: 217 m
Min elevation: 4 m
Total climbing: 929 m
Total descent: -923 m
64 thoughts on “Cape Otway Blanket Bay (27km)”
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Hi is there a good sign posted track for this loop?
There are a lot of tracks interacting on this loop, they are well marked but you need to know which ones you should follow. If you print a map of the route or download the GPX file for your GPS this will really help.
We should do this one Carol Kriss and Steven Dunlop
On the list?
Catherine Reid
Would love to see some hikes in NSW preferably around the south coast ☺️
Check out the website and search via the map view… Lots of hikes on the NSW south Coast there 🙂
Wil Balchin was this pur ode one
surely not this says only 8hrs hut ye probs
Grew up in that area. Maybe l should head back sometime.
Nat Checcucci
Barry Stone
Amy Sage this is for round two.
I feel like this should be round 1
Rochelle Godwin
Siobhan Callanan Gareth Holton this one looks good too! And it’s a circuit ??
8 hrs? We’ll do it in 5…
Siobhan Callanan riigghhhhtttt???
Charlie Hurrey
Olivia Lawson
J. Orchid Ngo This is near Apollo Bay
8hrs too long after a half marathon, I’ll die lol
Stacey Elizabeth Lisa look familiar?
Sure does.?
Day 3
I remember the imposter round the twist lighthouse??
Sam checkout the pictures. This was day 3
There was some beautiful scenery wow what a trip Shannon Dinsmore
Alan Dow interesting. Is the Parker spur Track being used?
Hannah Scoberg camping and this???
Yes!
Rebecca Jahr we are doing this
I’m in!
Yassssss
Holly Austin
Adrian Hintonn
Briony Browne
Looks awesome. Let’s book it in.
Anyone aware is there’s any opportunity for a camp along the way?
Cassie Hinchley. This looks nice
I’m in! Lets do ot before I have no knees!
Hang on….. you guys kinda did this already didn’t you??
is this the great ocean road?
Ash Lee
Shaun Twentyman
Super keen. Grade 3 but it’s 27km, could be a big day
Need to be Savage and just get up at 3am.
Sarah van den Berg we should plan for this?
Yep, let’s do it!!
Daniel Pell
Nice one! :p
Another one for our list Emily O’Brien
Thinking about doing a couple days hiking camping down toward way late October!
Alexandrawhen are you back?
Soon, before September.
Tim – should we add this one to our list too?
Simone Amos
Shannon Davey Sarah Igboeli Justine Davitt
Next years hike?!!
Jason Whittle do u reckon I can handle this one?
Gee Brown this one too
YES! Lets start a list.
Tom Wiencke
Aleksandar Jovevski