Loch Ard Gorge

Loch Ard was bound for Melbourne in 1878 loaded with passengers and cargo when it ran into a rocky reef near Port Campbell. Of the 54 crew members and passengers on board, only two survived: an apprentice, Tom Pearce and a young woman passenger, Eva Carmichael, who lost all of her family in the tragedy. The Port Campbell Tourist Information Centre has some of the artefacts recovered from the wreck. It was quite moving to see them and to read about what happened.

Great Ocean Road Here We Come!

January 4th 2015
After the peace of the Victorian countryside it was time to face Melbourne traffic. We had been making arrangements to take care of a caravan park at Werribee South in January, and wanted to make ourselves known to the managers and check the park out. The 2-hour trip took us 4 hours due to a huge accident on the freeway. We stayed in the park for 4 nights and are quite delighted with the park and ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria

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

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