Sea Cliff Nature Walk
Sea Cliff Nature Walk
A wonderful easy loop walk though heathlands and soap mallee bushland to the impressive limestone cliffs overlooking Discovery Bay.
Summary
A wonderful easy loop walk though heathlands and soap mallee bushland to the impressive limestone cliffs overlooking Discovery Bay.
Description
Quite an easy and peaceful walk in the Cape Nelson State Park which is only 11 km south west of Portland via Cape Nelson Road.
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Points of Interest
1. The start
As it is a loop walk, you can go either way, we took the right hand side path to walk anti clockwise.
2. Grass trees
Look out for some wonderful, extremely slow growing, grass trees (Xanthorrhoea) these beautiful, ancient, hardy, thrive in nutrient-poor soils.
3. Wildflowers flowers
If you walk in Spring or early summer, you will be rewarded with some pretty spectacular wild flowers.
4. Black wattle
Quite a lot of black wattle trees on the walk. First Nations people used the sap in a variety of ways including for plugging holes in water vessels and for eating, a bit like chewing gum.
5. Austral Braken
Pleasant to walk on the track through the bracken ferns
6. Open path
The path opens up and the vegetation changes as you near the coastline.
7. Wind farms
It's a bit hard to avoid wind farms in the area, we got used to the whir.
8. Wildflower
Some more of the many Spring wildflowers to be found on the walk.
9. Scrubby bush
As you walk near the coastline of limestone cliffs, the bush changes quite dramatically.
10. The coastline
Looking along the coastline towards the Cape Nelson Lighthouse.
11. The rugged cosat
Looking back towards the Discovery Bay Marine National Park.
12. Soap Mallee
Cape Nelson is the only place in Victoria where the multi trunk Soap Mallee (Eucalyptus diversifolia) grows.
13. Back to the start
The loop walk finishes thorough some gorgeous Gras Trees ,and Soap Mallee gums.
Features
Seating available
Nature trail
