Great South West Walk Highlights - 8 Days

With all the information you provide, the walk notes are excellent. Recommend Auswalk to organise your next walking holiday. They provide all the information, accommodation and safety issues that you will possibly require if you follow their recommendations. Well done Auswalks

Spectacular walk for those who enjoy a challenge. Be as fit as you can be so that the challenges created by wind, rain and heat are easier to handle.

Just completed the 6 day great south west walk. Fantastic. Auswalk had everything planned to last detail. Lovely to just walk and know the food, accommodation, transfers all taken care of. Our self guided notes were very detailed. The scenery was delightful, loved every bit of it.

Once again, Ian and I had the most wonderful experience, walking the entirety of the Great South-West Walk, magnificently supported by Auswalk. The hospitality of each of our bnb hosts, yummy meals, prompt pickups and drop-offs, complementing our exploration of this amazing corner of Victoria. This was the 6th time we have completed the GSWW with Auswalk. We can’t wait for the 7th!!!

Excellently organised by Auswalks. Friendly accommodation, reliable transfers and good food. All the hosts were friendly and contribute to an enjoyable event.

Auswalk did a great job of planning our trip, will definitely use them again.

We have just finally experienced the pleasure of completing the Great South West Walk. Auswalk provided us with an amazing adventure supported by great B&B hosts and reliable transfers. The quality and location of the B&B’s was first class.

It was a fantastic walk. The hosts were very helpful and did all they could to make our stay and walk successful. Overall it was very well organised. The variation in environments was remarkable; although the walking was demanding at times we felt a real sense of achievement. We would recommend it to those who prefer a long and challenging walk.

I found the experience with Auswalk well organized and enjoyable. Hosts of the accommodation stayed in were most hospitable, friendly and helpful (didn’t meet Dennis as he was away the night we stayed). Meals and lunches were tasty and satisfying.

I'd never done a supported walk before and it made it all very easy. Al the arrangements worked perfectly. Accommodation etc. and meals were excellent. And I don't know if we were tracked by the epirb I carried - but both times John (from Nelson) picked us up, we walked in to the pick up point just as he drove in! An extraordinary coincidence. No waiting for either of us.

Thanks for your effort it is much appreciated. If you require more room for your response feel free to email us.: My brother and I did the self guided 8 day Great South West Walk from the 8 - 15 October. The weather was cool with light showers for the first 2 days then perfect walking weather. The landscape changed from river to cliff top to the beach. At all times we felt looked after, both by Auswalk and our lovely B&B hosts. The walking notes were detailed and informative. We are both on the far side of 60 but look forward to doing it all again somewhere else. Thanks Auswalk!

It was wonderful to complete the entire walk to experience such diversity of landscape. We were blessed with wonderful weather and it was warm enough to swim in the Glenelg River and freshwater lakes. A true surprise was the amount of wildlife on the track: wallabies, kangaroos, echidnas, emus, koalas, snakes! (we came across 9), and even a fox! And that is not to mention all the birds. The seal colony and gannet rookery were highlights too. The accommodation was wonderful. It was nice to be able to stay in each place for a few nights to experience the locality a little more and get to know the kind hosts. Fabulous! We rate the GSWW 11 out of 10!!

The country we went through on the GSWW was so diverse ranging from close woodland to epic coastline with river and limestone cliffs in the middle. The organisation was brilliant- all so easy, good to excellent accommodation, varied, flexible and easy. I liked the background notes about flora, fauna and local history.

My brother and I did the self guided Great South West Walk from the 8 - 15 October. The weather was cool with light showers for the first 2 days then perfect walking weather. The landscape changed from river to cliff top to the beach. At all times we felt looked after, both by Auswalk and our lovely B&B hosts. The walking notes were detailed and informative. We are both on the far side of 60 but look forward to doing it all again somewhere else. Thanks Auswalk!

I did the Auswalk 8 day Great South West Walk with my sister in early October 2018. Right from the time we engaged with Auswalk, we found them helpful and supportive. Once we were close to the walk they checked in with us to ensure that we were ready (and I wasn't and it was a great reminder to get my head into that space). The walk itself was absolutely great - we followed the Glenelg River and along the coastline and were greeted with many types of fauna and animal life. The accommodation and hospitality of our hosts were outstanding. They were the other side of the trip that made the comfort factor after a day of walking so much more bearable. They also gave us an insight into how much they care about their community and their habitat. Although I have lived in Victoria my whole life I do not know this part well at all and I am so glad that I now have some seen some of the most breathtaking parts of State. I have not hesitation recommending Auswalk, the Great South West Walk as a nature trip and the opportunity to engage with some of the local and their nature fauna and flora.

We did the 8 days, Great South West Walk, that follows the Glenelg River and the south-west coastline. While I love walking along rivers and pathways through bushland I found on this occasion the highlights were equalled by spectacular views and interesting insights into the formation of the landscape along the coastline. The variety and notes provided by Auswalk were informative. The advice they provide on what to bring, such as cameras and what to be careful about was sound. I would suggest that you have your camera handy at all times - so many times I was too slow to catch a photo of a kangaroo, wallaby or another of the natural wildlife. The hosts at the various locations were outstanding.

We recently completed the Great South West Walk self guided trek facilitated by auswalk and what wonderful walking holiday it was! I can’t imagine a better introduction to the beauty and wonders Australia has to offer. We trekked though the forest, along a limestone gorge with the Glenelg River flowing peacefully below followed by a dramatic coastline complete with sandy beaches and rocky outcrops continuously pounded by and incredibly blue ocean. And that was just the scenery. First time sightings of kangaroos, wallabies, echidnas, emus, a countless variety of new birds and snakes added to the down-under experience. As fabulous as all that was, I have to say each BnB also holds a special memory of outstanding welcomes and accommodations. Also, a huge thank you to the team at auswalk for their complete and accurate descriptions of trail conditions and times.It took the worry out of the day and left us to enjoy. What a wonderful country! I am already planning my next trip for 2019.

A well organised walk. Accommodation and meals were excellent and the flexibility of the hosts and taxis enabled us to adapt our days to suit our needs. We would book with Auswalk again.

I was a member of a group that did sections of the Great South West Walk on a self-guided basis, customised by Auswalk to the group’s requirements. All the details and logistics were handled by Auswalk, and everything worked like clockwork. The notes were good and the maps provided by Auswalk were outstanding. Both of the places we stayed at were obviously familiar with dealing with Auswalk and all the arrangements, including the drop-offs and pick-ups went without a hitch. On the two longest days, the arrangements provided options for drop-offs allowing some shortening of the days concerned, which the B&B hosts (who provided the transport) were happy to work with. The arrangements included some self-catering and the B&B proprietors were very helpful in assisting with this aspects.

I have just completed a 7 day guided walking trip, including 4 days on the Great South West Walk. Auswalk guided tour has selected 4 sections (from the 250 km walking track) to walk on this tour and they were outstanding. Two days walking along near Glenelg River and two days along the tops of the cliffs looking out over the Southern Ocean. Three travel days over the week provided opportunities to visit and walk around local destinations, attractions and wildlife colonies in the south west corner of Victoria and into South Australia. All the details and logistics were handled by Auswalk, leaving the walkers to thoroughly enjoy each day. Good company with like-minded people, good food, very comfortable accommodation and great guides made for a sensational trip ( my 10th with this company)

My sister-in-law and I completed the Auswalk 8 day self-guided Great South West Walk on Tuesday. Tucked away on the Victorian/SA coastal border, this beautiful walk is like a well-kept secret. Spectacular cliffs, quiet forest, deserted beaches, clear lakes, abundant wildlife and stately river. Photos advertising this walk do not represent a rare highlight or two. The scenery constantly changes and is consistently magnificent. Auswalk are friendly to deal with and very well organized. We could tell there are years of experience behind the planning of our walk. Our comfortable accommodations at Portland, Nelson and Bridgewater each had their own unique charm. The owners have longstanding relationships with Auswalk and that knowledge and experience shows. The meals were great; when you are walking you especially look forward to what is in that insulated lunch-bag! The walk notes and kit were also excellent. This is a great way of having a comfortable hiking holiday with someone else doing the planning. You really do unwind. Life becomes simple. Rest, Eat, Walk (with beautiful scenery all around you), Rest, Eat, Sleep. All the hard stuff has been done by Auswalk. Many thanks for a wonderful experience.

We have just completed the GSWW self guided walking holiday staying at B & B's each night. Auswalk staff before and during the walk were so helpful, supportive and generous with their time. There were some 'interesting' moments due to significant weather patterns that had caused flooding in some areas and the staff at Auswalk kept us up to date with information and other options. We always felt so safe and supported that no matter what the weather threw at us we knew Auswalk had an eye out for us. This holiday was amazing plus awe inspiring experience on so many levels and Auswalk were the key part in bringing it all together. We will certainly be doing more walks with Auswalk and would highly recommend them to anyone considering this type of holiday. Thanks so much to everyone at Auswalk.

We have just completed 11 days of walking with 12 nights accomodation self guided with Auswalk. The organisation worked perfectly for us. The walk notes worked well as we had no problem finding our way and at no time felt more information was necessary. The accomodation and food provided was the best availlable in the locations we stayed and our hosts couldn't have been more welcoming or helpful. The couple of evening meals we had to organise ourselves in one of the small villages we stayed were difficult because of the limited options in the village. However this is no fault of Auswalks and we understand they are doing everything they can to make alternative arrangements. The walking is generally relatively easy without any significant steep climbs or descents however there are some long distances with some days over 25km. We found it was possible to reduce the length of some of these days without feeling we had missed anything significant. The walking was varied with a mix of forest, river valley including some gorge, long sandy beaches and cliff top capes. Wildlife encountered included several emus, wallabies, echidnas and koalas, fortunately only one snake.We were lucky enough to have perfect walking weather for our first 10 days but did suffer on the last day with temperatures in the high 30s. This was soon forgotten after a couple of cold beers at our final destination. Many thanks to the whole team at Auswalks.