Live Wire Park, Lorne: Great Ocean Road ziplines & treetop walk

Live Wire Park in Lorne, Victoria, offers suspension bridges between the trees, Great Ocean Road ziplines and Tarzans swings in the Otway forests.

What is Live Wire Park?

Live Wire Park is a treetop adventure park in Lorne, Victoria. If you want to go ziplining on the Great Ocean Road, this is the spot. This Lorne adventure park also has trampolining nets.

Tickets for Live Wire Park, including the Shockwave Zip Coaster, cost from $56, and are best booked online.

3 great experiences to try in Lorne

Learn to surf – with a beginner’s surfing lesson at Lorne Beach.
Swing, clamber and balance through the tree tops – on the Live Wire Park super circuit.
Travel through the trees at 40km/h – on the Shockwave Zip Coaster.

Why visit the Lorne treetop walk?

Live Wire Park in Lorne, Victoria, is one of several treetop adventure courses in Australia. This one on the Great Ocean Road has several points of difference, however.

Zip line at Live Wire Park in Lorne, Victoria. Photo courtesy of Visit Victoria.

Built amid the Otway Ranges treetops, Live Wire Park is solar-powered, with all water collected, used and treated on site.

The aim is to have minimal environmental impact. But being eco-friendly is hardly the reason most people are going to visit this Lorne Adventure Park.

Pick the right Great Ocean Road tour from Melbourne

For wildlife and nature focus: One day tour with koalas and guided forest walk.
To beat the crowds: Reverse direction Great Ocean Road day tour.
For adventure: Two day camping and surfing trip.
For backpackers: One day highlights tour aimed at younger travellers.
For exclusivity and flexibility: Private tour where you can pick the sights you want to see.
For an extended trip: Three day Melbourne to Adelaide tour.

Live Wire Park trampolines and treetop walk

The basic admission to Live Wire Park includes the Canopy Circuit and the Spring Circuit. The Canopy Circuit is a suspended pathway between the trees, stretching for 120 metres, and is wheelchair accessible. The Lorne treetop walk is about ten metres off the ground. The Spring Circuit at this Great Ocean Road adventure park is a trampolining net park, again elevated above the ground, and hugely popular with kids.

Live Wire Park prices

The basic admission for these two activities costs $22 for adults and $20 for children.

However, there are several potential add-ons.

Lorne zipline length and price

At the other end of the intensity scale is the Shockwave Zip Coaster, which is billed as the “most extreme zip line in Australia”.

This Lorne zipline is 525 metres long, but has plenty of twists and turns along the way. Ziplining on the Great Ocean Road at Live Wire Park costs $56 for adults, and includes general admission. The Shockwave Zip Coaster must be booked for an allocated timeslot in advance.

Live Wire Park treetop circuits

There are also two circuits, full of obstacles and challenges, to take on. The short circuit is medium intensity, and more child-friendly. This costs $76 for adults and $70 for children, including general admission.

But the Super Circuit is more fun. It takes two hours, and for $86 you get 53 separate activities to conquer. These include a big Tarzan swing, suspended bridges and tree-climbing tests. The Super Circuit at Live Wire Park is designed to test problem-solving skills as well as endurance and agility. Again, this Great Ocean Road treetop adventure course should be booked in advance.

The full list of experiences and prices is on the park website. All Live Wire Park prices listed above are correct at the time of writing, but are subject to change in the future.

Best places to stay in Lorne

The top Lorne accommodation options are:

For overall quality: Cumberland Lorne Resort.
For adults-only apartments with spa baths: Lorne Surf Apartments.
On a budget: Lorne Foreshore Caravan Park.
For an affordable, good quality motel: Lorne Anchorage Motel and Villas.

7 fantastic Great Ocean Road experiences
1. Crowd-beating reverse direction tour. 2. Surfing lessons in Anglesea. 3. Split Point Lighthouse climb. 4. Shockwave Zip-Coaster. 5. Guided wildlife walk. 6. Budj Bim National Park tour. 7. Great Ocean Road by motorbike.

Treetop adventure parks in Australia

Other similar treetop adventure parks and ropes courses in Australia include Treetops, which has several venues in New South Wales. These include Korora in Coffs Harbour, Ourimbah on the Central Coast and the Cumberland State Forest in West Pennant Hills. There’s also Treeclimb in Adelaide in South Australia, Thunderbird Park near Tamborine Mountain in Queensland’s Scenic Rim and Otway Fly near Apollo Bay, further west along the Great Ocean Road.

Other things to do in Lorne include taking in the view from Teddy’s Lookout and surfing at Lorne Beach. You can also walk to Erskine Falls and Sheoak Falls, and eat mighty fine meals at Ipsos and Movida Lorne.