A short portion of the track is located with the Lower Glenelg River Conservation Park in South Australia, near Donovans.

[3] The track is administered, maintained and promoted by The Friends of the Great South West Walk Inc., a volunteer organisation, in partnership with Parks Victoria.

[4] The Great South West Walk track, which notionally begins and ends at the Visitor Information Centre in Portland, traverses forest, river gorge, high cliff tops and bays.

The walk's difficulty is rated as moderate, and consists of fifteen sections of varying lengths.

The track consists of the following sections and points:[3] This trail or long-distance path-related article is a stub.