Things to do near Walkerville
Walkerville sits at the end of a no-through road, and that's part of the point. Two small settlements, North and South, connected at low tide and separated the rest of the time by a headland walk. It's the kind of place people drive two and a half hours to reach and then don't want to leave.
On the beach
Start at the lime kilns. Built in 1875 and worked until 1926, they still stand on Walkerville South beach, weathered but intact, limestone brought down from the surrounding cliffs and burned here for the building trade. You can walk to them at low tide from the north car park, or drive straight to the south side. Either way, they're one of the more unusual things you'll find on a Victorian beach.
From there, the rock pools. Low tide opens up a maze of rock formations along the shore, sheltered and shallow, good for kids and good for getting lost in for an hour. Bird Rock sits to the north, the kilns to the south.
The Lime Burners Walk connects the two settlements, a twenty minute climb over the headland with coastal views the whole way. Gravel, moderate grade, a bit muddy after rain.
Cape Liptrap
A short drive south takes you to Cape Liptrap Lighthouse, built in 1951 and still standing watch over Bass Strait. Cape Liptrap Coastal Park stretches along the coast around it, from Point Smythe to Waratah Bay, with walking trails through some of the more dramatic and least crowded scenery in South Gippsland.
Wilsons Promontory
The Prom is close enough to visit for the day and vast enough to fill several. Granite headlands, empty beaches, walking trails from twenty minutes to multi-day hikes. Bring binoculars if you can, the wildlife here doesn't hide.
Further afield
If you're up for a longer drive, Tarra-Bulga National Park is worth the detour, mountain ash and myrtle beech rainforest with a suspension bridge through the canopy and lyrebirds calling in winter. Agnes Falls, inland from Toora, is the highest waterfall in Victoria at 59 metres and rarely busy.
Cyclists can pick up the Great Southern Rail Trail, an old rail line stitched through Gippsland's dairy country, or the shorter Grand Ridge Rail Trail from Mirboo North to Boolarra through the Strzelecki Ranges.
Fish Creek, about forty minutes away, has become something of an arts town, small galleries, a bookshop dedicated to local children's author Alison Lester, and a café or two worth stopping for.
And if you'd rather stay closer to home, there are 28 geocaches within 16 kilometres of Walkerville. A good excuse to keep exploring the same stretch of coast without ever really covering the same ground twice.
Things to do from Liptrap Loft and Shearwater Beach House, Dufflebird's Walkerville properties.
Fleur July 2026