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If you are planning to backpack Lorne, then this page provides information on what backpacker hostels are available here. The page also provides a description of Lorne, information on how to get here and contact details of the local visitor information centre.

backpacking Lorne
Located 73km down the coast from Geelong. Lorne, population 1,100 is a very fashionable seaside resort. The town lies next to some beautiful coastline with great surfing beaches and also the eucalypt-clad slopes of the Otway Ranges. Lorne itself has some fine old buildings, great cafes and eating houses.
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Lorne Foreshore
Photographer: Gavin Hansford
Courtesy Tourism Victoria
backpacking Lorne
Erskine Falls
Photographer: Ken Stepnell

Courtesy Tourism Victoria
It is a very popular place in summer and can become very crowded. The Angahook-Lorne State Park is also located nearby and has over 50 kilometres of great walking tracks where you can explore some of cool fern gullies and cascading waterfalls.



Lorne backpacker hostels
Erskine River Backpackers
4 Mountjoy Pde
Lorne, VIC 3232
Phone (03) 5289 1496

Great Ocean Road Backpackers
11 Erskine Ave
Lorne, VIC 3232
Phone (03) 5289 1809

 

 
how to get to Lorne
By Bus
V/Line Buses operate from Melbourne

Lorne visitor information centre
Lorne Visitor Information Centre
144 Mountjoy Parade, Lorne
Phone: (03) 5289 1152 Click here to e-mail
 
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