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==Features== The Great Otway National Park is popular with Victorian, interstate, and international tourists, with a number of companies operating tours in the region. It contains three camping areas at ''[[Johanna, Victoria|Johanna]]'', ''[[Aire River (Victoria)|Aire River]]'' and ''[[Blanket Bay (Victoria)|Blanket Bay]]''. The park is accessed from the east via Apollo Bay, from the north via [[Forrest, Victoria|Forrest]] or [[Beech Forest]], or from the west via Princetown.<ref name=PV/> The park covers both coastline and hinterland in the Otway Ranges and so includes both beaches and forest, accessible via walking trails.<ref name=PV/> The park and the Aire River campground are home to a significant [[koala]] population.<ref name=PV/> The [[Cape Otway]] [[Lighthouse]] is adjacent to the park and is open to tourists throughout the week.<ref name=PV/> Migrating [[whale]]s and [[dolphin]]s such as [[southern right whale|southern right]] and [[humpback whale|southern humpback]], and [[bottlenose dolphin]]s can be observed from the coasts. Glow worms (''[[Arachnocampa|Arachnocampa otwayensis]]''),<ref name="Baker 2010">{{Cite journal| volume = 55| issue = 1| pages = 11β43| last = Baker| first = Claire H.| title = A new subgenus and five new species of Australian glow-worms (Diptera: Keroplatidae: ''Arachnocampa'')| journal = Memoirs of the Queensland Museum| date = 2010}}</ref> which are the [[Bioluminescence|bioluminescent]] larvae of small flies known as [[fungus gnat]]s, can be seen at night along the stream banks and walking tracks, particularly at [[Angahook-Lorne State Park]], [[Beauchamp Falls]], [[Hopetoun Falls]], [[Stevenson Falls]] and [[Melba Gully State Park]].<ref name="Baker 2010"/> ===Important Bird Area=== The park has been identified by [[BirdLife International]] as an [[Important Bird Area]] (IBA) because it supports populations of [[rufous bristlebird]]s, [[striated fieldwren]]s and [[pink robin]]s, as well as numerous other species.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |title=IBA: Otway Range |access-date=2011-09-12 |work=Birdata |publisher=Birds Australia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102341/http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |archive-date=6 July 2011 }}</ref>
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