Views from the Lighthouse

Great Ocean Road - Day 2

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February 5th 2012
Today we covered the final length of the Great Ocean Road. The first stop was Cape Otway Lighthouse - we walked around the cliff top where they had several small museums telling stories about the families that had manned the lighthouse over the years, and the ships that had been wrecked on the rocks below. It was also the point from which the first telecommunications cable was laid under the sea t ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Cape Otway

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more