It starts just a few kilometres east of Apollo Bay, and it takes you up into mostly-forested hill country.
You probably won’t be lucky enough also to have a close, prolonged encounter with the immediately-preceding post’s echidna, but a very scenic drive is guaranteed!
The featured image and the photo below were both taken just a few kilometres up from the turn onto Wild Dog Road, off the Great Ocean Road.
By this point, bitumen is about to be no more, but fear not!
The driving is easy; all of this winding, mostly-dirt road is 2WD-friendly, and the forest gets ever-lovelier as you proceed.
You are not unlucky if it happens to be an intermittently rainy day.
If you are staying in or near Apollo Bay, an excellent way to spend a day is to drive up Wild Dog Road on your way to the warmly-recommended Otway Fly
After, return to Apollo Bay via Lavers Hill and Great Ocean Road. (given the sun’s position in the afternoon, this “loop” is better driven in this direction)
From Otway Fly’s Treetop Walkway you can enjoy being high up in the forest canopy.
You also get wonderful views of the forest floor.
