Great Ocean Walk 6 Day Unplug - Self-Guided

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Great Ocean Walk 6 Day Unplug - Self-Guided
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This is your chance to walk the walk and unplug on Australia’s most iconic coastal walk. Auswalk Walking Holidays have pieced together the best of the Great Ocean Walk track, following the coast through the Great Otway National Park via mountain ash forest, over pristine beaches and over what’s said to be the grandest sea cliffs in Australia. This brilliant diversity of landscape works in concert with the fauna and flora to make this walk very special. The energy and power of the massive swells are an amazing backdrop to the walk as are the koalas, the roos and the abundant birdlife that make this place their home. Walking into the 12 Apostles makes for a dramatic end to this amazing walk.

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Apollo Bay Victoria 3233