Big Hill, Hill in City of Greater Bendigo, Australia

Big Hill is a locality in the Surf Coast Shire where the Great Ocean Road climbs the hill it is named after, cut through the area in 1920–21 by 100 returned soldiers. Most of it lies within the Great Otway National Park, and the House at Big Hill, an award-winning building, was completed there in 2011.

Big Hill's development began with the Great Ocean Road, cut over the hill in 1920–21 by 100 returned soldiers. In 1924 the Great Ocean Road Trust subdivided 140 allotments as the "Big Hill Estate" to fund the road's continuation; the blocks sold but no township grew. The guest house "Iluka" burned down in 1926, and Edna Walling's house "East Point" burned in the 1967 bushfire, its ruins now on the Surf Coast Shire heritage inventory.

The name comes from the hill the Great Ocean Road crosses, cut in 1920–21 by 100 returned soldiers. The 1924 "Big Hill Estate" subdivision of 140 allotments sold but never became a township. Landscape designer Edna Walling bought 12 acres here in the late 1940s; her house "East Point" burned in the 1967 bushfire, and its ruins are on the Surf Coast Shire heritage inventory.

The location is reached by local roads from Greater Bendigo with parking available near the entrance to the reserve. Comfortable walking shoes are recommended since the paths vary in difficulty and the ground can be uneven in places.

The Great Ocean Road Trust subdivided the hill into 140 allotments as the "Big Hill Estate" in 1924 to fund road construction; the blocks sold but no township ever grew. Landscape designer Edna Walling bought 12 acres here in the late 1940s, abandoned her village plan, and built "East Point", destroyed by bushfire in 1967; its ruins are on the Surf Coast Shire heritage inventory.