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    Huge swells, looking down the coast towards Port Campbell.: by flyted, Views[480]
         		 Loch Ard Gorge was later named after the ship, and was where Tom & Eva, the two kids who survived, washed up on the beach. You can see how narrow the entrance is.: by flyted, Views[637]
         		 The map here gives you a sense of the immediate area. The Razorback is on the far left and Loch Ard Gorge in the middle. The Island Archway has not yet been updated!: by flyted, Views[957]
         		 Thunder Cave, another gorge where the waves crash into an overhanging of rock and the sound reverberates into the cave. The trail from the parking lot goes right over top of the cave, but you would never know it from above. It will be fun when that collapses.: by flyted, Views[1435]
         		 The Loch Ard crashed into these cliffs on the night of May 31, 1878, with 54 people on board. They had been celebrating the successful end of their three month voyage from England, or so they thought. They were due in Melbourne the next day, but there was thick fog and visibility was likely nil. The captain stayed on deck through the night but at 4am the fog lifted and they were right under the cliffs. The captain tried to turn the ship away and almost succeeded, but she ran aground on a reef and stuck fast. The waves quickly smashed the ship to bits and prevented lifeboats being launched. The ship sank in about 15 minutes, and in the end only two people survived, an 18 year old boy, Tom, and 17 year old girl, Eva, who survived by clinging to wreckage and were rescued 5 hours later. Bear in mind this was June, heading into winter. The water was cold enough in March!: by flyted, Views[687]
     
    The final resting place of the Loch Ard, underneath the cliffs she crashed into on Mutton Bird Island. Pretty horrific on a beautiful day to think about what happened here.: by flyted, Views[475]
         		 This is what the Island Archway looked like less than two years ago.: by flyted, Views[559]
         		 The beach at Loch Ard Gorge, an amazing inlet framed by steep cliffs, where the huge breakers from the open ocean gently reach the sandy beach. A fun place to swim (or play cricket) as well.: by flyted, Views[594]
         		 The full length of Loch Ard Gorge with the beach at the end.: by flyted, Views[520]
         		 Huge swells roll along the cliffs before the narrow entrance to the Gorge, before which they usually catch on a rocky outcropping and are thrown back out. Spray easily reaches up to the top.: by flyted, Views[474]
     
    The same view, looking a bit further out to the arch on Mutton Bird Island.: by flyted, Views[417]
         		 This is what used to be the Island Archway, at the entrance to Loch Ard Gorge on the right. It collapsed recently too, however, in June of 2009. The now two stacks have thus been renamed Tom and Eva, after the two survivors of the Loch Ard (more on that soon).: by flyted, Views[1747]
         		 Here's a photo from the internet showing the before & after...: by flyted, Views[386]
         		 The right-most Sister, looking brilliant.: by flyted, Views[377]
         		 They call this one the Razorback. Salt water spray has actually eroded the little hole in the top.: by flyted, Views[429]
     
    The Razorback and two Sisters in behind.: by flyted, Views[516]
         		 Impressive breakers from the lookout near Glenaire, about 45 minutes west of Apollo Bay.: by flyted, Views[373]
         		 Saturday, March 19, shaping up to be a beautiful day. The beach at Glenaire.: by flyted, Views[367]
         		 FYI.: by flyted, Views[422]
         		 The Ford River valley from the Glenaire lookout. Sometimes the inland view was as striking as the ocean view. Also pictured: my Nissan ride for the week. Great little car.: by flyted, Views[503]
     
    And now, the views we all want to see. First off, the trails and cliffs near Loch Ard Gorge, in between the 12 Apostles and the town of Port Campbell. The entire stretch is where the ocean and salt water have eroded the soft limestone cliffs, creating very dramatic formations. The seawater crashing on the big stack at right bears an uncanny resemblance to a sea horse, unexpectedly. That stack, the one on the left and the flat one in between are known as the Three Sisters (unrelated), but the middle sister collapsed less than two years ago, in September of 2009.: by flyted, Views[564]
         		 You can reach the lantern room and walk around outside as well, where the red railing is.: by flyted, Views[378]
         		 On the way to the Otway Lighthouse, if you keep your eyes peeled, koalas like to hang out in the trees. Actually it's not hard to find them, inevitably you will go around a corner and come across a koala jam, with half a dozen cars parked in the middle of the road.: by flyted, Views[438]
         		 A longer view of Apollo Bay, which sits on fairly level plains beneath the Otway Ranges in behind.: by flyted, Views[435]
         		 Part of the main street in Apollo Bay.: by flyted, Views[846]
     
    The edge of Apollo Bay, home for 2 nights. The backpackers is the small yellow building in the middle with two windows. The beach was about 300 metres away.: by flyted, Views[382]
         		 Cape Otway Lighthouse, heralded as the
         		 The waters directly below the Otway Lighthouse, looking out into Bass Strait.: by flyted, Views[454]
         		 Inside the lighthouse; each stone was hand-carved and interlocked, eliminating the need for mortar. Presumably this makes the lighthouse much stronger, but of course it was incredibly labour intensive. The sign says in 1847-48, it took 70 men 10 months to build the lighthouse - cutting the rock from cliffs several kilometres away, carving the stones to exact sizes and then dragging them here.: by flyted, Views[679]
         		 The hand-carved walls and steps inside the lighthouse.: by flyted, Views[397]
     
    Looking further west down the coast, cliffs starting to level off a bit.: by flyted, Views[434]
         		 Who could resist this place, and apparently it is one of the best views of them all.: by flyted, Views[391]
         		 Yeah I'm proud to call this view my own. There's the Great Ocean Road below, heading west.: by flyted, Views[380]
         		 The two platforms of Teddy's Lookout, from below, one on the top right and one on the left.: by flyted, Views[380]
         		 A typical scene on the Road, a narrow two-lane road hugging steep cliffs and rock cuts, with the obligatory camper van as well.: by flyted, Views[549]
     
    Looking back at an edge-of-cliff pullout and Ocean Road topography.: by flyted, Views[647]
         		 Welcome to another beautiful day.: by flyted, Views[616]
         		 The famous kangaroos at Anglesea Golf Club. Frequently mentioned as one of the easiest places in Victoria at least to see roos, and it's true. They wander on and off the course as they please.: by flyted, Views[906]
         		 Along the Great Ocean Road; scenic views and pull-offs are every few minutes, as you can imagine. I bet experience has taught the govt. to erect these signs everywhere so daydreaming North Americans remember where they are when they pull back out onto the road.: by flyted, Views[546]
         		 The Great Ocean Road was a make-work project for WW1 veterans and a tribute to their fallen comrades, built between 1919 and 1932. They lived in camps and slowly carved the road out of the cliffs, a distance of 243 km. As a result the Road is considered the world's largest war memorial. This is the memorial arch which explains the story, about 50 km from its start in Torquay. The arch though has been rebuilt twice: in 1974 to widen it, and most recently in 1991 after it was destroyed in the 1983 Ash Wednesday brush fires.: by flyted, Views[589]
     
    Bells Beach near Torquay, the spiritual home of Australian surfing. The curls were just starting to pick up at this time of year; hard to tell but there are some surfers just out past the breakers. The world's oldest surfing competition, the Rip Curl Pro Surf & Music Festival (formerly Bells Beach Surf Classic), has been held here every Easter since 1961.: by flyted, Views[680]
         		 Succinct.: by flyted, Views[393]
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         		 Group photo: by pennyroo, Views[150]
         		 A slightly rainy day on Peverley beach, nr margaret river: by pennyroo, Views[257]
     
    Me standing in the sea at Bunbary. What a lovely day: by pennyroo, Views[226]
         		 Mich, crewe member for the sailing team. March 2011: by pennyroo, Views[172]
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