Twelve Apostles Lodge Walk — Hotel in Barwon South West

The best type of hiking when everything is provided and you come ‘home’ to a foot bath and a glass of champagne! But wait, there is more … canapés- a cheese platter; pizza; koftas, falafels and samosas - different every night and after a quick shower you sit down to main course and dessert. Finishing with sitting around the fire pit until the light disappears, but I do hope you have more company than I did 😄||The team were amazing. From Jack and Juanita our guides who ensured we were prepared for all eventualities and made sure we were enjoying ourselves along the way; to Anja and Ben who ensured we were well fed and watered and a big thank you to Martin who made sure those footbaths were ready when we arrived back in the evening. A great team who ensured we were all well looked after.||If I have one misgiving it is the shared room but if you are travelling solo and not paying a supplement it’s not a deal breaker,||Don’t...

We walked this beautiful stretch with our able and humorous guides Joe and Annie. Between the jokes was much interest and passion for the fauna and wildlife. We were even enlisted (willingly) to collect plastic flotsam from the various beaches we walked as part of a org that tracks the origins of the plastics and then communicates with the maker.||||Back at the Lodge we were greeted with hot foot baths, could drinks( great to see local winery and brewery being supported), plentiful food and comfy beds. A peaceful location to sit out and enjoy the sounds of birds, mating Koala and the stars beside a log fire. Thanks to Ben, Anya and Lucy our lodge hosts.||||This was not our first trip with the AWC, we have enjoyed all of the ones we've done. There is always a good and eclectic group of interesting people...

We enjoyed the walk. There were a lot of spectacular ocean views. The accommodation was great and the food and wine magnificent. We enjoyed one of the guides a lot. Unfortunately it was the other guide who did all of the talking. He seemed to just like talking and took up most of the voice space wherever he was, including around the table at the evening meal. He didn't seem to know how to listen or ask a question of a person. Each night he repeated blow by blow what we had done that day, almost as if he thought we had some cognitive impairment. We found his incessant attempts at humour tedious. He also made comments about previous guests and the management that were, to our mind,...