Cape Bridgewater Blowholes and the Petrified Forest - suggested activity

Cape Bridgewater is a popular detour for drivers on the Great Ocean Road. This stop rewards visitors with walking options to a seal colony, petrified forest and blowholes.

Petrified Forest
At just 10 minutes from the car park, this sandy track is the shortest walk on offer. The petrified forest was formed when the forest of Moonah trees was smothered by a large sand dune. Water seeping through the sand formed a crust of sandstone on the outside of the trunks, decaying the organic matter, leaving behind petrified trunks.

Blowholes
Beyond the forest lies a series of exciting blowholes which are rock tunnels that have been etched out of the volcanic rock by the waves. During rough seas, they spout spray high into the air. Old Aboriginal middens can also be seen along the cliff tops.

Seal Walk
Starting from the Bridgewater Bay Kiosk, this is a 2 hour (5km) return journey. The trail south from the kiosk offers striking views across Cape Bridgewater, once a volcanic island that is now joined to the mainland by calcified sand dunes. The viewing platform at the end of the trail looks out over rock platforms and on to a colony of about 650 Australian fur seals.