Anglesea golf course: Kangaroos on the Great Ocean Road
The best place to see kangaroos on the Great Ocean Road is Anglesea Golf Club. The Anglesea golf course kangaroos can be seen on a buggy tour.
The Great Ocean Road, running to the west of Melbourne in Victoria, is one of Australia’s great drives. It’s also a fabulous place for wildlife viewing, with koalas at Kennett River, and kayaking with seals available near Apollo Bay.
But what about the classic Australian animal, the kangaroo? Well, your best bet for seeing kangaroos on the Great Ocean Road is the golf course at Anglesea, not far after the Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie.
Anglesea is one of the Great Ocean Road’s lovable beach towns. It’s 115km from Melbourne, and just after Torquay – home of the Australian National Surfing Museum.
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.
Anglesea golf course kangaroos
The town’s golf course has long been, along with the Halls Gap Recreation Reserve in the Grampians, one of the most reliable spots in Australia for sighting kangaroos. The Anglesea Golf Course kangaroos like the combination of the open, green fairways and rough bushland at the edges.
Any golfer tackling the course has to regard the roos as just another hazard to navigate. The marauding marsupials hang out in large mobs, with around 250 to 300 kangaroos calling the course home. The Anglesea Golf Course kangaroos most dangerous in the mornings, when they like to hang around on the fairways, feeding on the grass.
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.
Anglesea Golf Club tours
In the past, it was possible to just rock up at Anglesea Golf Club and have a nosy around until you find the roos. But the club members have got wise to this, with thousands of visitors coming every year.
So tours have been set up, taking visitors to see the roos in golf buggies. These head out to the parts of the course that kangaroo sightings are most frequently – usually the patches of bushland that the course has been built around.
Good places to see kangaroos in Australia
Obviously, there are hundreds of places in Australia where you can see wild kangaroos without paying for a tour. These include the Tower Hill Reserve in Koroit further down the Great Ocean Road.
There’s the Euroka campground in the Blue Mountains and Cape Hillsborough beach in Queensland. But the novelty of watching golfers trying to make it round 18 holes without getting a ball in a kangaroo pouch gives the Anglesea experience rather an extra entertainment factor. It’s a fine way to kick off a road trip from Melbourne to Adelaide, and a good brief stop before rainforest walks from beach town Lorne.
Cheap accommodation is available near Anglesea Beach at the Anglesea caravan park.
Where to stay in Anglesea
The best Anglesea accommodation choices are:
- For best overall quality: Great Ocean Road Resort.
- For a solid, affordable motel: Anglesea Riverside Motel.
- For backpackers: Anglesea Backpackers.
- For keeping the kids occupied: Anglesea Family Caravan Park.
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