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Aerial views of the Great Ocean Road and nearby coastline. The Great Ocean Road is an Australian National Heritage-listed 240-kilometre (150 mi) stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia, between the Victorian towns of Torquay and Allansford.
This coastline is accessible via the Great Ocean Road, and is home to the limestone formations called The Twelve Apostles. Explorer Matthew Flinders said of the Shipwreck Coast, "I have seldom seen a more fearful section of coastline."
The Island Archway was part of a series of free-standing limestone formations on the Great Ocean Road that includes the Twelve Apostles. As early as January 1990, another rock arch on this coast, the inner arch of the London Bridge, had collapsed. The stability of these cliffs is short-lived in geological terms.
With the upgrade of the road to the town in 1927, and then the completion of the Great Ocean Road in 1932, the area became a tourist destination and an important fishing port. [6] On 10 July 1932 the coastal steamer Casino sank while attempting to berth at the town jetty. Ten people died. [8]
The arch is a significant tourist attraction along the Great Ocean Road near Port Campbell in Victoria. The stack was formed by a gradual process of erosion, and until 1990 formed a complete double-span natural bridge. The formation in 1961, prior to its collapse in 1990
'What should have been a road was an ocean' November 4, 2024 at 11:11 AM A British teacher living outside Valencia has described how deadly floods swept through her home and destroyed everything ...
The Grotto. The Grotto) is a sinkhole geological formation and tourist attraction, found on the Great Ocean Road outside Port Campbell in Victoria, AustraliaWooden steps wind down the cliff face to the bottom, providing visibility of the sea beyond a pool at low tide.
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