Looking for an excuse to get your heart racing? Check out these options, from soaring above rainforest canopies to catching waves and climbing cliffs.
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Otway Fly Treetop Adventures
Take a guided zipline tour through the Otways, flying between elevated platforms up to 30 metres above the forest floor. The 2.5-hour experience includes multiple ziplines and suspension bridges, offering a bird's-eye view of the rainforest.
Where: 360 Phillips Track, Ferguson
Cost: $20-$135 depending on activity
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Rock climbing and abseiling
Get a different perspective of the Grampians by climbing or descending a rock face under the guidance of an experienced instructor. Operators Absolute Outdoors offer guided experiences for beginners and more experienced adventurers.
Where: 105 Grampians Road, Halls Gap
Cost: Tickets start from $125 depending on adventure activity
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Live Wire Park
Just outside of Lorne, Live Wire Park offers ziplines, obstacle courses and treetop trails of different heights, difficulties and lengths. The Shockwave Zip Coaster is a 525 metre zipline with 360-degree twists and turns.
Where: 180 Erskine Falls Road, Lorne
Cost: $22-$104 depending on activity
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Skydive Great Ocean Road
Take a tandem skydive from up to 15,000 feet, with views across the Surf Coast and surrounding coastline. First-time jumpers are accompanied by a qualified instructor.
Where: 1421 Barwon Heads Road, Connewarre
Cost: From $405
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Treetops Adventure
Test your balance and nerve across more than 80 aerial challenges, including 24 ziplines and suspended obstacles reaching up to 22 metres above the ground. There are eight courses catering to different experience levels.
Where: 70 Possum Ridge Road, Yeodene
Cost: $39-59 depending on age
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Go Surf School
Go Surf School offers surf lessons, stand-up paddleboarding experiences and equipment hire. It's a chance to get out on the water and explore some of the region's best-known beaches with guidance from experienced instructors.
Where: Main Beach, Warrnambool; East Beach, Port Fairy
Cost: $45-$250 depending on lessons and hire
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Forrest Mountain Bike Trails
With almost 100km of singletrack across 36 trails, Forrests’ trails combine beginner-friendly riding, technical routes, flow trails, skills facilities, and adaptive-friendly options.
Where: Grant Street, Forrest
Cost: Free
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