This 7 km walk around Mallacoota has five sections.

Casuarina Walk 1.8km, 40 minutes. Starts opposite the Mallacoota District Health Service on the corner of Bastion Point and Genoa Roads.

The black she-oak, Casuarina littoralis, is common on this walk. The mountain gray gums shed their bark in large strips, leaving smooth trunks with mottled grey and yellow colours. A small bridge crosses a fern gully where, in the early mornings and evenings, the smaller forest birds - fantails, robins and wrens - are active amongst the trees.

Heathland Walk 0.8km, 20 minutes. Starts at Betka Road between Davis Creek Bridge and the Tip turnoff.

Nearer the coast the slopes are swept by harsh, salt-laden winds, but heathland flourishes. The heaths, correas, orchids and other protected wildflowers are at their most colourful in Spring. Year-round there are beautiful views of Betka Beach, Davis Creek and Genoa peak, with also the chance of seeing the rare ground parrot.

Beach Walk 2.1km, 45 minutes. Starts at the top car park on the northern side of the Betka River Bridge.

A great place for beachcombing! At high tide a climb over the rocks, or wading, may be required near the dune blowout. The coastal plants have been unable to re-colonize this shifting sand. Tiny red-capped plovers are often seen scampering along the beach. The rock pools at Bastion Point are alive with crabs, molluscs, urchins and other inter-tidal life especially adapted to the ebb and flow of the tides.

Pittosporum Walk 1.4km, 30 minutes. Starts adjacent to the Lookout and Steps at Bastion Point.

The highlights of this section are the views of the Howe Range, Gabo Island and the ever-changing mudflats, sandflats and islands of the entrance to Mallacoota Inlet - the largest tidal delta in Victoria. The sweet pittosporum thrives in the moist gullies here, where one or two steeper grades exist. The very rare Mallacoota Gum - possibly only 38 are left - can also be found. The best example of this hybrid of the mountain grey gum and the Tasmanian blue gum is next to the mudbrick pavilion at the sports oval.

Shady Gully 0.5km, 10 minutes. Starts on Lakeside Drive 100 metres past Tom Davies PowerHouse.

This section of the walk is separated from the previous section by a ten-minute walk through the centre of town. This is the shortest section of the track and will return you to the starting point. At night possums and yellow-bellied gliders can be heard in the mountain grey gums, red bloodwoods and white stringybarks.