Madsens Track Nature Walk

Great Otway National Park

Length:  1 kilometre
Walk:  30 minutes
Track:  Moderate
Grade:  Easy
Start:  Picnic area
Finish:  Picnic area
Nearby:  Apollo Bay/Lavers Hill.

The walk begins from the picnic area at Melba Gully, off the Great Ocean Road just west of Lavers Hill. Myrtle beech, blackwood and tree ferns form a dense forest canopy that creates a cool and moist environment where low ferns and mosses thrive. Beside the track the Johanna River makes its way to the sea. Climb the 100 steps to the Big Tree, a 300 year old Otway messmate with a massive girth of 27 metres. The track then winds back to the grassy open spaces of the picnic ground.

Further information
Parks Victoria
Ph 131 963 (within Australia)