Lorne & Surrounding Areas

With its Mediterranean feel and picture-postcard scenery, this beautiful seaside town has been attracting visitors for more than a century. Set between the waters of Loutit Bay and the cool Otway forests, Lorne has a charm that’s hard to surpass. Add mild weather, café culture, shops, boutiques and galleries and you have one of the Great Ocean Road’s most popular holiday destinations.

Discover the Erskine Falls cascading into a beautiful fern gully in the Great Otway National Park. Relax with a latte at a sidewalk café, picnic under the trees on the foreshore or dine on freshly caught seafood at a local restaurant.

Activities and attractions

• Browse through boutiques, shops and galleries on the main street
• Explore cool fern gullies and cascading waterfalls via more than 50 kilometres of signposted walking tracks in the Great Otway National Park
• Stop for a picnic in the tree-lined reserve above the beach with fine views of Loutit Bay
• Enjoy a coffee or meal at one of Lorne’s cafés and restaurants
• Relax and unwind with a wellbeing treatment at the local day spas

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