![Sequoias and fern trees at The Redwoods, Great Otway National Park, Victoria Australia photography by Sharon Blance of Image Workshop](https://i0.wp.com/www.imageworkshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130201-S-244_v2.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1)
Drive a few hours south-west of Melbourne and halfway along the Great Ocean Road you’ll enter the Great Otway National Park, or in local Aussie parlance, “The Otways”. It’s a special place at once both wild and serene, with coastline, forests, rolling hills and picturesque lakes for exploring. We recently took the opportunity to do a short camping trip in the Otways with a group of friends. Of course we couldn’t leave the camera at…