Great Ocean Walk (114k Hike), Victoria, Australia 2023

A group of us hiked the Great Ocean Walk in December 2023. We were lucky to have 5 days of great weather and only one day of rain. This trip was a bit of a change for me as we stayed in cabins instead of camping. Each day we had a bed, shower and excellent food.

[@mikefuery7714]

Lovely memories, thanks for sharing your adventure Claire and what great conditions you had! I did my 4th traverse of the GOW in mid-November…it’s certainly one of my favourites and I seem to discover something new each time I’ve hiked it.

[@HikeCeeBee]

Thanks Mike! We were definitely lucky with the weather only really having one rainy day and one scorching hot day. That's amazing you have done it four times, I imagine each time you see and experience it differently, especially during different months.

[@meiju57]

Thanks for sharing. How do you arrange the location of accomodation each day? Your own transport means shuttle service? We are a group from Taiwan. Im thinking of licensed tour or following your modal which looks nice to me.

[@HikeCeeBee]

We used a company called Walk91 (walk91.com.au/) who arranged the accomodation and transport for us each day. They also worked out a suitable itinerary based off the groups needs. As we were a large group they had options for those who needed to finish the walk earlier each day, depending on injuries or capabilities. They were very good. I understand there are other companies out there that do the same thing. I am not associated with Walk91.

[@thecrankyyankee5114]

How were the campsites?

[@HikeCeeBee]

The campsites looked really good with shelters and pit toilets. As I was hiking with a large group of friends, we opted for off track accomodation and arranged our own transport for the end of each day (I call that luxury multi day hiking!)