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Great Otway National Park, 5 Melba Gully Road, Lavers Hill Madsen’s Track Nature Walk at Melba Gully, which starts at the picnic area, is an easy 1.5 kilometre loop walk through a world of ancient, mossy trees and cool fern gullies. Experiences: • Melba Gully Glow Worm Walk Glow worms like wet and warm environments and the most likely time of the year to find them is during the warmer months of the year, between December to March but it is possible to see them most of the year although the display may be less impressive at these times.

John H Gardner Reserve, Main Road, Beech Forest Unmanned display containing information about Beech Forest and surrounds.

Cliff Young Drive, Beech Forest Operating hours: • Tuesday, 1.30pm to 4.00pm (or by appointment) Contact: 0428 359 252

360 Phillips Track, Beech Forest Otway Fly Tree Top Adventures is a 600 metre long, 25 metre high elevated tree top walk and zip line tour through the giants of the Otway rain forests. Operating hours: • Thursday to Monday, 10.00am to 5.00pm (last entry to Tree Top Walk is 3.30pm) Contact: 1800 300 477

Great Otway National Park, Binns Road, Beech Forest A legacy of the Otways timber industry, a forest full of Giant California Redwoods planted in 1936 originated from Northern California. They have thrived in the conditions of the Otways and are now more than 60 metres tall. The Redwoods here have never been used as plantation trees and have never been cut. Forestry experts believe that they could grow to almost twice their current height over the next 70 years. If that happened, they could eventually outgrow the remarkable redwoods in California, which would make them among the tallest trees in the world. Ideal spot for a picnic.

1 Southorn Street, Beech Forest Celebrating artists from the Otways Region. Operating hours: • Monday to Friday, 11.00am to 4.00pm • Saturday, 11.00am to 5.00pm • Sunday, 10.00am to 5.00pm Contact: 0409 072 656 (Francis) or 0437 012 596 (Susan)

Beauchamp Falls Road, Beech Forest A walk through Mountain Ash forests with large myrtle beech, blackwood and ferns, finishing at the 20 metre high Beauchamp Falls. The falls are about 3 kilometres from the car park and the gradient is rated difficult. At the falls there are good metal steps and viewing platform, however there is no access to the falls.

Great Otway National Park, Hopetoun Falls Road, Beech Forest There is a viewing platform 20 metres from the car park which offers spectacular views of the falls as they crash into the Aire River. Or you can take the steeper walk down to the pool at the base of the falls.

Off Phillips Track in the Great Otway National Park, Beech Forest Little Aire Falls is a 6 kilometre return walk. This is a fairly challenging walk due to the many steps (approximately 360) as well as a lot of steeper sections. The trail leaves from the car park and begins out on the same path for Triplet Falls, however only a few minutes into the walk, you will come across a junction. Follow the signs for Little Aire Falls. The track does not take you to the base of the falls (no access). You can only view it from the platform which is some distance away. However, after rain, this set of falls is impressive.

Off Phillips Track in the Great Otway National Park, Beech Forest One of the more renowned waterfalls in the Great Otway National Park, the waterfalls are set in ancient forest, with the area providing views into the lower cascades and the main falls. The walk is 2.6 kilometres return and follows a loop. The track takes you through a series of viewing platforms, starting at the bottom of the cascades. There is another set of falls called Little Aire Falls which can also be walked starting out from the Triplet Falls trail.