Blanket Bay — Attraction in Barwon South West

Sublime and beguiling — when the weather is pleasant (early morning and evenings in summer). From my last visit, it was a dreadful, dreary, grey and wet place to be stuck in, but bad weather passes quickly. Cape Otway to the west provides some protection from southerly fronts that wander through. The rock strata at low tide is interesting to explore (watch for critters, both good and bad), and the shoreline can throw up some peculiar flotsam, like fossilised sea-horses and bottles from far away lands. The campground is well sheltered but falling branches during the storm when I was there caused concern. Blanket Bay is great for photography/artists, challenging one to seek out small vignettes that tell a story or speak of the...

Been coming up this way for 44 yrs before the road was widened. Now its easier to access this backbeach Car parking is small, x2 picnic tables, WiFi at the bottom of the stairs on the beach and 1/2, way along the beach near the camping sites track and further along at the huge rock point Longdrop toilet 🚻 here (summer there are Europeanwasps, so be careful) & Longdrop toilets @Parker...

Worth the trek off the main road even just for a day visit. The road in is unsealed, but in fairly good condition. The bay is lovely and sheltered from the wind, and there’s lots of interesting rocks and shells to pick through if you’re so inclined. Little fairy wrens live in the shrubbery along the beach so you’ll see lots of them flitting about too. Overall a lovely little...