There are many great opportunities for walking in Victoria's parks. For information on walking in a specific park click on the park name from the list above.

For more walking information and how to join a walking club, visit the Bushwalking Victoria website at www.vicwalk.org.au.
You can also visit the Walking and Cycling in Victoria section of the Visit Victoria website for more walking ideas.

Some suggestions for short walks:

• Point Nepean is renowned for its historic features, outstanding coastal scenery and panoramic views of Bass Strait, the Rip and Port Phillip Bay. A podcast is available for each of the four main walks within the park enabling you to hear about these walks before you make your way to the park, or download them onto your MP3 player and listen as you start your walk.
• Dights Falls Loop Trail, Yarra Bend Park.
  You may be in the inner city, but being in this park will have you thinking you're miles away. This 4.2km loop walk allows you to discover the sites of the former lunatic asylum, while the Galatea Point viewing platform is the perfect vantage point for bird watching.
• Sherbrooke Loop, Dandenong Ranges National Park.
  Starting at Sherbrooke Picnic Ground, this 4.8km loop walk passes through a variety of spectacular vegetation from moist temperate rainforests and ferns, to towering Mountain Ash Trees.
• Jawbone Track, Cathedral Range State Park
  This challenging 2.5km return walk takes in rugged landscape features as it follows a steep climb to the crest of the range. Keep a lookout for koalas!
• Button-Grass Nature Walk, Bunyip State Park
  Offering picturesque views of the nearby Weatherhead, Black Snake and Blue Ranges, this 3km self-guided walk is home to the rare Swamp Bush-Pea and Southern Emu Wren.

Victoria has some great long-distance walks, through some of the most spectacular landscapes this country has to offer. You don't have to be superhuman to do a long-distance hike, but you do have to be experienced. Here are a few challenging hikes to get you started.

The Great Ocean Walk.
On Victoria's spectacular west coast, the walk stretches 91 kms from the idyllic resort town of Apollo Bay to Glenample Homestead (adjacent to the 12 Apostles). It passes through the beautiful Great Otway National Park and overlooks the Marine National Park. The walk has been designed so that walkers can 'step on and step off' the trail at a number of places, completing short, day or overnight hikes. Find out more here.

Australian Alps Walking Track
Discover some of Australia's finest alpine national parks as this track takes you 650km from Walhalla to Canberra and along tracks in the Baw Baw, Alpine Kosciusko and Namadgi National Parks. Find out more at www.australianalps.deh.gov.au

Great South West Walk
A challenging 250km walk that allows you to experience some of Victoria's finest scenery including native forests, majestic rivers, breathtaking caves, rugged coastlines and quiet lakes. Find out more at www.greatsouthwestwalk.com

Parks Victoria have committed to work with Bushwalking Victoria to benefit walkers and walking opportunities. Please read the Memorandum of Cooperation that has been signed with Bushwalking Victoria.