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Port Campbell
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PORT CAMPBELL
is a small and companionable settlement on the edge of the Port Campbell National Park. The
Port Campbell Information Centre
on Morris Street (daily 9am-5pm; tel 03/5598 6089 or 1300/137 255) has displays and information about the area and its national parks, and can also book accommodation. Ask here too about the self-guided
Port Campbell Discovery Walk
(90min), which will take you along a clifftop to a viewpoint above Two Mile Bay.
Port Campbell
beach
is a small sandy curve, safe for swimming and patrolled in season. The town climbs the hill behind the beach. At 27 Lord St, the Port Campbell Trading Company is a small
art gallery
displaying works by local artists and craftspeople. Opposite, the
Loch Ard Shipwreck Museum
(daily 9am-5pm; $4) has exhibits and videos relating the stories of five of the South West Coast shipping disasters (the
Loch Ard, Fiji, Schomberg, Falls of Halladale
and
Newfield
), as well as artefacts salvaged from some of the wrecks. If you're really fascinated by the wrecks, Port Campbell Boat Charters (tel 0500/566 588) offers
diving
to some wreck sites and can hire out snorkelling or diving gear to those who want to go it alone. Other useful information
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