The Otways are a heavily forested range running along the southern coastline of Victoria. The major features of the area are its rainforest and numerous waterfalls - the range contains more than half of all the waterfalls in the state.

Birregurra Community Web Site. A guide to the historic area of Birregurra, Victoria, Australia.

Otway National Park is perfect for a wide variety of recreational and nature based activities. Some of the most rugged and inaccessible coastline in Victoria lies in the 13,000 ha park, an invitation to the adventurous to explore this 60 kilometre stretch from Apollo Bay to Princetown, reached via the Great Ocean Road.

From Apollo Bay, the Great Ocean Road soon enters Otway National Park, curving and bending upwards through temperate rainforest and offering occasional glimpses of cleared hilltops and grazing sheep in the distance.

The Old Beechy Rail Trail follows one of the states former narrow gauge railways through an area of scenic forest, rich farmland and rolling hills with the coast not too far away.

At the foot of the Otways the district has rich rolling farmland and a broad network of lakes. Nearby are stony rises lakes and craters from extinct volcanoes. Explore fascinating historic townships and bushwalk the beautiful Otway Ranges.

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Lavers Hill is a place of natural and man-made beauty where a diverse society can fulfil an individuals ambitions and hopes in harmony and safety. It is believed that the first men to enter the district in 1856 were hold prospectors.