Great Ocean Walk

The Great Ocean Walk is a 104km point-to-point coastal trekking route in Victoria, Australia. Connecting Apollo Bay to the Twelve Apostles, the trail follows the Shipwreck Coast within the Great Otway National Park. The route traverses mixed terrain including Mountain Ash forests, coastal heathland, and tidal beaches. It serves as a terrestrial alternative to the Great Ocean Road, providing access to remote cliff-top vantage points above the Southern Ocean. Surface composition consists of managed forest tracks, purpose-built boardwalks, and segments of uncompacted sand and rocky littoral platforms.

This is the classic pedestrian route connecting the 'Valley of 72 Waterfalls' (Lauterbrunnen) with the car-free mountain terrace of Wengen. The trail is a relentless but beautifully engineered series of switchbacks that climb directly up the eastern wall of the valley. As you gain height, the Staubbach Falls—one of the highest free-falling waterfalls in Europe—reveals its full scale. You walk through dense pine forests and past lush meadows where the sound of cowbells and the passing yellow-and-green Wengernalp train are the only distractions.