Walks Program
The walks on offer for Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th October, 2019 are listed below. Bookings for the walks and dinner are now closed.
Choose 1 walk for each day. Click on the name of the walk to see the walk description and map. Take the time to fully consider all details of your walk to ensure it is within your capability. An overview map of where each walk will start is at the bottom of the table. Note that Walk 15 is on Saturday only and Walk 24 on Sunday only.
Please register early at the Registration Hall, at 2 Otway Street, Lorne, and gather well ahead of your walk assembly time where you see your walk number displayed in the Hall. Your walk group will depart very shortly after the assembly time, as it is some distance from the Registration Hall to where the drivers’ cars or the bus transport will be located."
Assembly times are below (for parking near the Hall, see "Map and Parking" page below).
FINAL NOTE: 22 June 2019 - 9 walks have been removed, replaced by 5 new ones, so make sure you check carefully the walk numbers you choose. NEW ADDITIONAL WALK ON OFFER, Saturday Walk 24 - A Taste of the Otways
| Walk number | Places available | Walk Title | Walk Distance | Walk Duration | Drive time to start | Type (circuit/ car shuttle) | Assembly Time | Car pool cost | ||
| Sat | Sun | km | hrs | mins | C or S |
a.m. | $ | |||
| Easy | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | full |  Kalimna Falls |
8 | 3 | 5 | C | 9.45 | 1.00 | |
| 5 | full | full | Erskine Falls from Lorne |
7.5 | 3 | 15 | S – 20 mins | 8.45 | 2.00 | |
| Medium | ||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 10 | Beach-Bush-Beach |
8 | 2.5 | 35 | S - 20 mins | 8.30 | 4.00 | |
| 4 | 2 | full | Anglesea Wildflower Walk |
16 | 5 | 40 | C | 8.00 | 6.00 | |
| 6 | 1 | full | Eastern View |
13 | 5 | 15 | C | 7.45 | 2.00 | |
| 7 | 10 | 3 | Anglesea Perimeter West |
12 | 4.5 | 30 | C | 8.15 | 6.00 | |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Bells_Beach_to_Point_Addis |
14 | 5 | 50 | C | 8.00 | 6.40 | |
| 10 | 12 | 8 | Anglesea Heath and Eumerella Circuit |
15 | 6 | 30 | C | 8.15 | 6.00 | |
| 11 | full | 1 | Ironbark Gorge and Currawong Falls |
14 | 5 | 30 | C | 8.00 | 3.00 | |
| 12 | full | full | Erskine Falls from Allenvale |
13 | 5 | 5 | Linear (bus) | 8.15 | 2.00 | |
| 13 | full | full | Five Falls and a Canyon |
15 | 5 | 5 | S – 10 mins | 8.30 | 1.00 | |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | Anglesea_to_Point_Addis |
16 | 6 | 30 | C | 7.45 | 5.00 | |
| 15 | 5 | n/a | Marengo to Elliot River Circuit |
17 | 6 | 60 | C | 7.30 | 8.00 | |
| 16 | full | 4 | West Barwon Dam to Lake Elizabeth |
18.4 | 6 | 60 | C | 7.30 | 7.00 | |
| 17 | full | full | Cumberland River and more |
9 | 4.5 | 10 | S - ~10 mins | 8.45 | 1.00 | |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Urquharts_Bluff_and_Aireys_Inlet |
11 | 4 | 30 | C |
8.10 (Sat) 8.45 (Sun) |
5.00 | |
| Hard | ||||||||||
| 20 | 13 | n/a | Duckpond Track |
18.5 | 6.5 | 20 | C | 7.15 | 3.00 | |
| 21 | full | 4 | Mount Defiance Ridgetops |
18 | 7 | 10 | S – 10 mins | 7.15 | 2.00 | |
| 22 | n/a | n/a | Mt Defiance Ridgetops in reverse |
18 | 7 | 13 | S - 10 mins | 7.15 | 2.00 | |
| 23 | 9 | n/a | Monday Creek and Lake Elizabeth |
19 | 6.5 | 50 | C | 7.15 | 5.00 | |
| 24 | 7 | 2 | A Taste of the Otways |
19 | 7 | 10 | Linear (bus) | 7.10 | 1.00 | |
| Overview map of the walks |
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Easy: 8 – 12 km. Walking on formed tracks through level or gently undulating terrain. Typically 12 km would take 4 – 5 hours walking at a relaxed pace.
Medium: 10 -16 km. Walking on formed or well marked tracks. May include short off track sections and/or some climbs and descents. Typically 16 km would take 5- 6 hours (walking time). Applies to shorter walks in more difficult terrain and longer walks in easier terrain.
Hard: 12 – 20 km. Walking on and off tracks through undulating terrain with sustained climbs and descents. May involve rough terrain, thick scrub and/or rock scrambling. Typically 20 km would take 6 to 8 hours (walking time). Applies to walks with a shorter distance but with difficult terrain or long walks which are less difficult.
