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.

The Saxer Lücke is one of the most geographically dramatic points in the Alpstein massif. This 'Lücke' (gap) sits between the vertical limestone 'teeth' of the Kreuzberge and the Rhine valley floor, nearly 1,200m below. The trail from the Staubern cable car station follows a spectacularly flat ridge-line path before descending into the notch. Beyond the gap, the trail drops further to the Fählensee, a dark, fjord-like lake surrounded by vertical rock walls. The contrast between the rolling hills of Appenzell and the sheer, jagged limestone of the Saxer Lücke is staggering.