Straw Falls are a 15m cascade on the Erskine River
and are a further 400m downstreams of Erskine Falls.
This is not an easy walk, you have to jump rocks and climb over trees, it also can be very slippery.
Do not attempt this in high water.
On the map below, left top you'll see the falls.
It is a beautiful walk, but you'll have to be careful.
The Falls were a bit dry, it was October when I took these.
Approx. coordinates: S38 30.511 E143 54.654
The Erskine falls are located in the Otway Ranges, Victoria.
Erskine Falls are at the end of Erskine Falls Road, 10km north west of Lorne. There is a viewing point above the falls and a walking track, steep in places, leads to the base of the falls.
The falls cascade over one of the highest drops (30 meters) in the Otways into the Erskine river.
Map of the area
The walk is easy, to the base of the falls is approx. 220 meters.
There is a viewing platform 80 meters from the car-park, but the view is quite obstructed:
There is a path to the base of the falls,
down to the Erskine river, 200 meters one way.
It is easy going down but steep going up.
It is a good walk, well constructed.
Follow the river downstream and you will go to the Straw Falls.
Back to the car park are a lot of steps back up:
Approximate coordinates: -38.505392,143.911175
The Triplet Falls are located in the Great Otway National park, near the Great Ocean road.
It normally has 3 flows of water cascading, depending on how much rain has fallen.
The Triplet Falls is one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the Great Otway Park and offers a stunning one hour loop (2 km) walk through ancient rainforest. View the lower cascades as you follow raised walkways through the forest of Mountain Ash and Myrtle Beech to the main falls.
As you leave the forest you can begin to hear the roar of Triplet Falls where a series of elevated viewing platforms provide you with spectacular views of the three cascades.
This area is also the site of an original Otways timber mill.
The trail runs past the site and displays artifacts from the era.
The name is very simple: there are three falls that cascade to the floor of the valley
Approximate coordinates: -38.670270, 143.495248
