Eagles Nest, Inverloch: Lookout, beach and location

On Victoria’s Bass Coast, Eagles Nest near Inverloch is a photogenic rock outcrop. There’s a short walk to the lookout from the car park and a massive staircase down to the atmospheric beach.

Eagles Nest near Inverloch, Victoria, is one of the attractions that makes the Bunurong Coastal Drive from Cape Paterson worth tackling.

The 14km scenic drive along the coast takes in several beaches, clifftop lookouts and caves. Eagles Nest is perhaps the best known of these coastal highlights.

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What is Eagles Nest, Inverloch?

Eagles Nest, Inverloch is a gnarled sandstone stack. At high tide it is essentially a rock island stretching out to the skies. At low tide, you can walk along the newly-exposed rocky platform and explore it more thoroughly.

The walk from the car park to the Eagles Nest lookout is a relatively short one – about 300 metres. This lets you take the rock outcrop in from roughly level with the top.

Eagles Nest Beach

If you want to get down to the base, however, you’ll need to head down the big old staircase to Eagles Nest Beach.

This is a relatively small beach, but it’s a spectacularly atmospheric one, backed by high cliffs and pummelled by crashing waves. Going for a swim here takes a hefty degree of either bravery or stupidity.

You can walk out to the rock platform at low tide from the beach.

Where is Eagles Nest, Inverloch?

Eagles Nest is about 8km to the south-west of Inverloch, the biggest town on the Bass Coast of Victoria. It takes about 10 minutes to drive there from Inverloch.

Inverloch accommodation options include the facilities-heavy RACV Inverloch Resort, the family-focused Ingenia Holidays Inverloch and the convenient Inverloch Central Motor Inn.