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Anglesea Perimeter Walk
This walk showcases amazing landscapes around Anglesea, meandering through windswept heathlands and healthy woodlands with views of the ocean. It is a great way to view spectacular and varied scenery and vegetation including beaches, wetlands, woodlands and heathlands.
STARTING POINT:
Anglesea Information Centre on Great Ocean Road
TIME AND DISTANCE:
2 hours for each section - 5,5 km; 4 hours for each circuit - 12 km; 7 hours for full walk - 22 km
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY:
Easy to medium. Made more difficult in hot, windy or wet conditions
How to get there

This walk can be accessed at a number of locations in and around Anglesea. It is possible for families to complete short loops of the track of 3-5 km, walk 12 km loops that follow half the track, or for the really fit, complete the whole 22 km in the one day. The full walk starts and finishes near the Anglesea Information Centre by the Anglesea River.

Walk Notes
Anglesea Perimeter walk map

The Anglesea Perimeter Walk (APW) showcases windblown heathlands and heathy woodlands of the Great Otway National Park.

The track itself is not challenging, generally rated as easy/medium depending on distance walked, and there are signs all along the way.

It ranges in height from sea level to 126 metres at the euphemistically named Mount Ingoldsby.

The Anglesea Perimeter Walk is through some very sensitive vegetation so walkers are requested to remain on track.

The Angair Nature Show website has an excellent walk brochure  with a map as well as links to  links to descriptive Angair self-guided walks in each of the loops which illustrate what walkers might see.

Bird Calls
Eastern Yellow Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
Crimson Rosella
Crimson Rosella
Grey Shrikethrush
Grey Shrikethrush

Eastern Yellow Robin (Recording by Vicki Powys CC BY); Grey Shrikethrush (Recording by Marc Anderson, CC BY); Crimson Rosella call (Recording by Marc Anderson, CC BY)

Check Out Fauna & Flora Below
    • Anglesea Grey Gum (Photo by Phillipa Hesterman)
    Cypress Daisy-bush (Photo by Ellinor Campbell)
    Echidna diggings (Photo by Rod Brooks)
    Small Spider Orchid (Photo by Margaret MacDonald)

    Great Sun Orchid (Photo by Margaret MacDonald)
    Messmate (Photo by Arthur Chapman, CC BY)
    Grey Shrike-thrush (Photo by Margaret Lacey)
    Prickly Teatree (Photo by Ellinor Campbell)

    Coast Saw-sedge (Photo by Ellinor Campbell)
    Echidna (Photo by PCTRS)
    Rusty Pomaderris (Photo by Murray Fagg CC BY)

    More detailed track notes are available here from the Angair website and you can read about the history of the walk on this NewsAngle article.