Beauchamp Falls

Beauchamp Falls is a forested waterfall in the Great Otway National Park near Beech Forest in Victoria's Colac Otway Shire. Accessed via a walking track through cool temperate rainforest dominated by mountain ash and myrtle beech, the falls drop over a ledge into a fern-lined gully. Notable for its secluded rainforest setting, seasonal flow variations and well-maintained walking trail, it is a popular stop on the Otways waterfall circuit.

Visitors can expect a 3 km return walking track through dense cool temperate rainforest to a viewing platform opposite the falls. The trail descends steeply via approximately 200 steps through mountain ash, myrtle beech and tree ferns to a fern-lined gully where the waterfall drops over a rock ledge. The site is natural and undeveloped beyond the track, steps, viewing area and trailhead car park, offering rainforest scenery, birdlife and photography opportunities. No swimming area is provided.

Named after William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, Governor of New South Wales from 1899 to 1901. The falls became a scenic attraction in the early 20th century as forestry roads opened the Otway Ranges, and is now protected within Great Otway National Park, established in 2004 amalgamating former state parks and forest reserves.

Located on the Country of the Eastern Maar and Gadubanud peoples, the traditional custodians of the Otway Ranges. The rainforest, waterways and surrounding Country hold ongoing cultural significance and are managed with recognition of Aboriginal heritage and connection to Country.