The Great Ocean Walk
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Event Details
When:
Sat 10th Jan 2026 (7am) to Wed 21st Jan 2026 (6pm)
Where:
Cost:
Participant - Free
Registrations:
Open: Mon 15th Dec 2025 (12am)
Close: Fri 9th Jan 2026 (12am)
Capacity:
Maximum 10 people
Coordinator:
Account:
South Metropolitan Region
sm.region@nsw.scouts.com.au
Brief Summary:
The great ocean hike is a spectacular 8 day hike in Victoria, Australia. The hike covers 110km of breathtaking coastline. The hike starts from Apollo Bay on the east to the Twelve Apostles near Princetown in the west. The whole trip is from the 10th of January - 22nd of January The travel from picnic point to Apollo Bay will be around 11.5 hours with breaks included. This will take up a full day of travel (10th of January) and back from apollo bay to picnic point (22nd of January).
Additional Information

10th January 2026→ leave 149 kennedy st picnic point nsw 2213 @ 7:00 am then after around 7 hours of driving and breaks we will arrive at the Victorian and NSW boarder where we will stay the night in accommodation (TBA), at around 2pm- early afternoon. Here we will recharge and rest.

11th January 2026→we will leave NSW and VIC border accommodation (TBA)  at around 8:00am to drive around 6 hours all the way to Apollo bay, incorporating rest breaks. We will arrive around Apollo bay (TBA accommodation) at around 3 pm to prepare, pack and rest before the hike. We may be able to buy some food if needed for the hike but most should already be bought from Sydney.

12th January 2026→ leave accommodation (TBA) at apollo bay at 7:30am to arrive at apollo bay visitors centre at around 8:00am to begin the hike at 8:30 am. Michelle Ward will begin later to run the car to the end of the hike at the 12 apostles so we have a way of getting around at the end and will catch the 10:40am bus back to Apollo bay visitors centre to start the hike 3 hours later than us.

19th January 2026→ the end of the hike, we aim to finish at around 4pm at the 12 apostles then drive back to apollo bay that afternoon to stay at accommodation in apollo bay (TBA).

20th January 2026 → 8:30 am leave our accommodation at apollo bay drive up to border of NSW and VIC to stay at more accommodation this night arriving at around 3pm

21st January 2026→ leave the border of NSW and VIC to get back into sydney and home at around 4pm

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