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Australia Great Ocean Road – Kennett River Koala Walk

by kumamonjeng October 31, 2019
written by kumamonjeng October 31, 2019
Australia Great Ocean Road – Kennett River Koala Walk

Kennett River Koala Walk in Great Ocean Road Victoria is said to be the place to spot wild koalas. It was only about half an hour’s drive from Apollo Bay where we stayed. This place is secluded but you will find it and hard to miss it.

You should include Kennett River Koala Walk when you do Great Ocean Road as there are so many wildlife animals, especially the interactions with the wild birds are amazing.

Before entering the Koala Walk, we saw a car stopped by and tourists feeding the wild birds. These birds are huge especially the sulphur-crested cockatoo. They are loud too. You also get to see the colorful parrots and some ducks.

The sulphur-crested cockatoo is one of the largest of the several species of beautiful white cockatoos in this region, we have seen them lots of them and they aren’t afraid of humans. They are demanding and cried loudly for food. Many have argued that we should not feed these wild birds as they will become lazy and depends on humans to feed them. I do agree but somehow it is hard not to feed these cute birds. There is a cafe nearby, called Kafe Koala which sells some bird food. In case you want to feed them, do get the bird food and feed these birds.

As I mentioned, these birds aren’t afraid of humans at all, they fly up to your head, shoulders or back.  And the white sulphur-crested cockatoo is very huge and heavy too.  It gave me a good shock when they land on my shoulder, head and back.  They are so friendly and take the food from you gently and won’t bite your hand.  But I was told that when they get upset they can be very rough and bite off your finger.  If you have young children, please be extra careful with these wild birds.

The colorful parrot is slightly smaller than the white sulphur-crested cockatoo so it is not as heavy when they stationed on your body.  They love my colorful top!

Kafe Koala & General Store at Kennet River

You can park your car near the Kafe Koala and then start your walk from there. It will be a long walk uphill. Alternatively, you can drive slowly up and try to spot the koala.  They do sell bird food too.

Go spot the Koala

Koalas aren’t easy to spot as they body camouflage with the tree colors. Keep your eyes opened and look at high at those eucalyptus trees. They usually sleep on top of the trees and have very little movement. Koala needs to sleep more than 20 hours a day to slow down its metabolism rate which helps them to conserve their body energy. You also won’t find koala on the lower ground as they wanted to stay away from the predators. The higher the tree is, the safer it is going to be for the koalas.

Drive-up slowly to Grey River Road

You can drive up very slowly to Grey River Road and the road uphill has lots of small pebbles so be extra careful.   When you reached a little higher up, stop and come out from the car and try to spot the koalas.  They aren’t easy to spot on and very hard to take a good picture of them too because they are sitting up very high of the gum trees.  It was said that there are over thousands of wild koalas living in this place.  See how many wild koalas can you spot.

Final thoughts:

Sit between Lorne and Apollo Bay, Kennett River is a great experience to interact with the wild animals (birds), the koalas won’t come near you as they will be having their beauty nap high up the gum trees. It is still worthwhile to stop by for an hour or two to search for the Australian icon as they were thousands of them here.

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17 comments

Nate October 31, 2019 - 2:54 pm

The white white cockatoos look so friendly! I would have a blast playing and feeding them!

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Chad November 1, 2019 - 12:39 am

This would be the trip of a life time especially that i’ve never been to Australia before…I can’t wait to do it.

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Stacie November 1, 2019 - 1:18 am

That is such a cool experience! I think it’s so cool that the birds actually landed on you!

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TheSuperMomLife November 1, 2019 - 1:21 am

This looks like such a fun place! I would love to visit Australia some day.

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gervin khan November 1, 2019 - 7:32 am

That place looks fun, I would love to take my kids there.

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catherine santiago jose November 1, 2019 - 8:02 am

The kids will surely enjoy this! It looks so fun! I want to take them here.

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Ashley Rollins November 1, 2019 - 2:59 pm

Oh wow! That looks like such a beautiful place. I would love to visit Australia.

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Jill Nunn November 1, 2019 - 4:54 pm

Your photos are AMAZING! I love seeing all the birds that are so pretty! What an adventure!

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Lisa November 1, 2019 - 4:59 pm

Reading your post is giving me serious Australia travel vibes! I’d love to visit one day and see the Great Ocean Road for myself. Seeing koalas in the wild is certainly one travel dream of mine, and after this, I know where to come to see some!

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Nicole Bertrand November 1, 2019 - 5:43 pm

My kids would love love this place! They always love going on trips to places where they can interact with the wildlife. This place looks gorgeous and so fun!

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Valerie November 1, 2019 - 7:41 pm

Oh how I’d love to do this. I love animals and wildlife.

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Yeah Lifestyle November 1, 2019 - 11:36 pm

These birds are so friendly! I have always wanted to get close to a sulphur-crested cockatoo as they are a beautiful bird. I did not know that they were heavy

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AMY November 2, 2019 - 5:48 am

This place is so beautiful and looks very peaceful. I really wanted to place a visit someday. Thanks for sharing.

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Catherine November 2, 2019 - 4:07 pm

The birds are incredibly beautiful! What a trip!

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Lush Fab Glam November 5, 2019 - 3:50 am

What an amazing experience, my son loves the cuckatoo, this would be epic for him.
xo, MJ
https://www.lush-fab-glam.com

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Shannon Gurnee November 7, 2019 - 9:40 pm

That looks like such an awesome experience. Love the pictures you shared.

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Alanna February 19, 2020 - 12:02 pm

The Kennett River Walk is awesome! But there are more things to do in Kennett River then just that. Check out our full list of things to do in Kennett River and Wye River here: http://www.greatoceanroadaustralia.org/things-to-do-in-kennett-river-and-wye-river/

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