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Lavers Hill is a small township perched atop the Otway Ranges at the
junction of the Great Ocean Road and the Beech Forest and Turton's Track Roads.
Surrounded by forest, and adjacent to the Melba Gully State Park which is noted
for its nightly displays of glow-worms and rainforest walk, it is a popular stop-over
and touring centre for the Great Ocean Road and the Port Campbell National Park.
Other nearby attractions include the many fern gullies and waterfalls of the Otways, the Cape Otway Lighthouse, the surf beach at Blue Johanna, Australia's highest coastal cliff at Moonlight Head, fishing at Glen Aire, and fossicking for relics at Dinosaur Beach. There is a motel and restaurant, a caravan park, 2 well appointed eating places and rest stops, a service station and a popular blackwood furniture manufacturer making outstanding furniture. PLACES OF INTEREST: ACCOMMODATION & SERVICES:
INFORMATION CENTRE: Some information is available from the roadhouses at Lavers Hill, A Wilkins Touris Maps free map is available from the Lavers Hill Tavern and Roadhouse. Nearby Information Centres are located at Great Ocean Road Visitor Centre Foreshore, Apollo Bay. VIC. 3233. Ph: 03 5237 6529. Fax: 03 5237 6194 Port Campbell Information Centre 26 Morris St. Port Campbell. VIC. Ph: 03 5598 6053 HOW TO GET THERE: By car or coach along the Princes Hwy to Geelong in the east or Warrnambool in the west, then on to the B100 Great Ocaen Road. There is also access from Colac to nearby Beech Forest then west to Lavers Hill. There are aerodromes at Geelong, Colac and Warrnambool for light planes. |
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