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Currawong Falls

Currawong Falls is a waterfall located along Distillery Creek in the Great Otway National Park, near Aireys Inlet in Victoria, Australia. It is reached via the Currawong Falls Circuit, an 11.

5-kilometre moderate loop trail that departs from the Distillery Creek Picnic Area — a starting point named after an illicit distillery that operated in the hills near Painkalac Creek in the late 1880s.

The falls are relatively modest in scale, and the circuit is valued more for its immersive bush experience than for a dramatic water feature. The route passes through fern groves, skirts a melaleuca swamp, and winds through classic Australian eucalypt forest.

Walkers approaching from the creek can hear the falls before reaching the lookout. The trail is well-signed and can be walked in either direction, though an anti-clockwise approach takes hikers through a gully before arriving at the falls.

The picnic area also serves as the trailhead for the nearby Ironbark Gorge walk.


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