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Lake Elizabeth Campground – Otway National Park

Lake Elizabeth campground in Victoria’s Otway National park is a terrific spot for a short escape “bush” camping trip. On our last visit we took a short video of the camping area and did some gentle hiking around the area.

How to Bushwalk – Camping and hiking basics

Learning to camp, hike or bushwalk can be difficult if you don’t have family or friends who can show you how. We take Jade, a friend, camping to Lake Elizabeth in the Great Otway National Park to teach her some camping and backpacking skills.

Lake Elizabeth Platypus – Otway National Park

Lake Elizabeth, in the Great Otway National Park, is famous for platypus sightings. We visited the camping area and walked around Lake Elizabeth on a warm up trip for the Overland Track . We were lucky and had a “close encounter” with a very friendly platypus.