Click on the Holiday
Destination of your Choice!

• Accommodation

• General Accommodation
  Enquiry Form

• Introduction

• Sites

• Activities

• Great Ocean Road

• Victoria

• HOME

• General Accommodation 
  Enquiry Form

PORT CAMPBELL

Introduction

At the heart of one of Australia's most famed and photographed natural attractions, Port Campbell is one of the country's most popular resorts. Situated on Campbell's Creek, named after Captain Alexander Campbell, a Scotsman in charge of the Port Fairy whaling station, last century, it began as a small fishing port with surrounding pastoral runs. In 1964, 700 hectares around Port Campbell were set aside as a National Park until, in 1981, the area was extended from Peterborough, through to Princetown. Port Campbell is, roughly, at the centre of the Port Campbell National Park.

Attractions

• Spectacular natural phenomena such as: London Bridge, The Grotto, The Arch, Loch Ard Gorge and The Twelve Apostles
• The Bay of Islands and The Bay of Martyrs.
• More than 2400 hectares of coastal majesty between Princetown and Peterborough in Victoria's west has been carefully protected in the Port Campbell National Park, home to famous and majestic Twelve Apostles
• Bay of Islands Coastal Park stretches from Peterborough almost to Warrnambool in a 32 kilometre-long strip. Besides the spectacular ocean views. the park is also known for its variety of rare and threatened flora and fauna species and some fascinating post-colonial and Aboriginal history.
• Port Campbell Historic Museum
• Glenample Homestead
• Gibson Steps were built many years ago by travellers along the coast to gain access to the beach below. The steps were named after the orignal owners of the land, the "Gibsons".
• Bakers Oven
• Mutton Bird Island

Activities

• Succumb to the lure of the sea and swim or surf
• Snorkeling and scuba diving tours are available.
• Take a summer walk at dusk and see the thousands of Mutton Birds returning home to feed their young - a sight not easily forgotten.

• Try the discovery walk along the cliffs to Two Mile Bay.

• Take a cruise to see the rock formations.

• Watch the Penguins at the Twelve Apostles or London Bridge at dusk each night.

• Fly over the Twelve Apostles in a helicopter.

• Play golf at the clifftop course in Peterborough or the natural bush setting of Timboon.

• Go bushwalking in the beautiful rainforest.

• From the top of Gibson Steps you get a magnificent panoramic view along the rugged coastline and out over the Southern Ocean.