Loch Ard Gorge Short Walks
Port Campbell National Park
Track: Good
Grade: Gentle
Start: Loch Ard Gorge car park
Finish: Loch Ard Gorge car park
Nearby: Port Campbell
Permits/bookings: None required.
A series of short walks introducing the region’s geology, wildlife and the famous shipwreck that gave the gorge its name:
- The 900 metre geology walk looks at the forces that shaped the area’s astounding coastline
- The 3 kilometre ‘Living on the Edge’ tour presents the diverse wildlife that make their home on the edge of sheer cliffs
- The 1.4 kilometre ‘Wreck of the Loch Ard’ walk recounts the amazing escape of the two young survivors of the Loch Ard, wrecked here in 1878.








