Australian Hiker

Given the choice of any time of the year to hike and providing we aren’t hiking in the snowfields, I’ll always pick mid-August to mid-September. For me this time of the year provides that goldilocks set of conditions; not too cold, nor too hot but there really is no perfect time to hike. While the forecast for the start of this hike is 17 degrees, August to September on the Great Ocean Walk is also the wettest time of the year so we are expecting rain over our six-day hike. Given this hike also hugs the southern Victorian coastline, we are also expecting some windy conditions.

While we don’t mind the rain or the wind, we’re hoping we don’t get the extremes which will potentially impact the routes we take and how long we spend on-trail to cover our planned distances. We have doubled the distances on the first two days of the hike so this is where the weather will have the most impact. Here’s hoping the weather fairy does their job and provides us with wind-free, rain-free days!