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Information on this site is for general planning only. Track grades, distances, times, road conditions, fees, camping rules, opening hours and weather change. You must verify current conditions with official sources before travel. You visit natural areas at your own risk.
Outdoor recreation involves risk. Wet stairs, cliffs, wildlife on roads and changing Great Ocean Road traffic can be severe. You are responsible for your decisions, fitness, footwear, weather assessment and compliance with park rules.
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Images & photo credits
Primary photographs of named places are real images from Wikimedia Commons, used under their stated Creative Commons or public domain terms. Author, licence and source file are listed below and are also shown in image captions where practical. They are not official Parks Victoria photographs and may not show exact current conditions, track access or facilities.
Licence short names are as recorded on Commons (e.g. CC BY-SA 4.0). For full licence text, follow each file link. We adapt images for web display (resize/compress); attribution still applies. Supporting AI-generated illustrations are labelled as such on the pages where they appear.
| Subject (site use) | Author | Licence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Otway Lightstation | Christoph Settgast | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Commons file |
| Cape Otway coastline | Stephen Bain | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons file |
| Erskine Falls | Ari Moore | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons file |
| Triplet Falls | Mikeybear | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons file |
| Hopetoun Falls | Diliff (cropped by Zanaq) | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons file |
| Maits Rest | Michael John Sankey | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons file |
| Kennett River koala | KobiWiki | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons file |
| Great Ocean Road coast | Boyd159 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons file |
| Lake Elizabeth | Biatch | Public domain | Commons file |
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