Great Ocean Road

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From our camp at Port Fairy, we spend a wonderful day driving to the Twelve Apostles. There are 8 of these wonderful lime stone monuments left standing in the Great Southern Ocean.

Very impressive were also the other lime stone formations on the way, especially the London Bridge that fell in 1990, the Loch Ard Gorge and the Grotto.

Port Campbell is a great place to stop for lunch and also has a craft and rural market on Sundays.

The drive on this part of the Great Ocean Road is much different than between Torquay and the Otways - you are mostly on top of the lime stone cliffs, a long way above the ocean. East of the Otways you are driving between the beaches and rising hills along the Great Ocean Road.

The Great Ocean Road is a stretch of over 250km of stunning scenic coastal road on the southwestern cost of Victoria, about 3 hours from Melbourne. It is one of the most famous
Melbourne tours to take.

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Photos

Along the Great Ocean Road
This was our first stop to see the great limestone formations.

London Bridge - Great Ocen Road
The London Bridge used to have two arches - until 1990. It fell when some visitors where on the other side....

The Twelve Apostles
There are only 8 left! In fact there were never 12. The name was changed in 1950 from 'Sow and Piglets' to sound more majestic - but there were only 9 Apostles there then.

Great Ocean Road
Along the Great Ocean Road - Twelve Apostles.

Loch Ard Gorge - Great Ocean Road
Loch Ard, a ship from England that had run aground in 1878 along the rough coast. 52 passengers perished, but two managed to save themselves as they were washed into this gorge.