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The Twelve Apostles are a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of Port Campbell National Park, by the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. Their proximity to one another has made the site a popular tourist attraction. Despite their name, it is possible that there were never 12 rock stacks. [1] Seven of the original nine stacks ...
The Twelve Apostles Marine National Park is a protected marine national park located on the south-west coast of Victoria, Australia. The 7,500-hectare (19,000-acre) marine park is situated near Port Campbell and is named after the scenic Twelve Apostles rock stacks , and contains the wreck of the clipper Loch Ard , wrecked on Mutton Bird Island ...
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The gorge is named after the clipper Loch Ard that was shipwrecked on 1 June 1878 near the end of a three-month journey from England to Melbourne.Of 54 passengers and crew, only two survived: Thomas Pearce, one of the ship's apprentices; and Eva Carmichael, an Irishwoman emigrating with her family.
The Island Archway was a 25 meter high, naturally formed rock arch that lay off Loch Ard Gorge, a bay on the south coast of Victoria, Australia. The gate collapsed on 10 June 2009. The arch of rock exposed in the water has been frequently photographed by the numerous international and domestic tourists vacationing in the Great Ocean Road area ...
Twelve Apostles Stone Circle, situated between Holywood and Newbridge, near Dumfries. Torhouskie Whitcastles stone circle 10.5 km ( 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi) northeast of Lockerbie : grid reference NY 2240 8806
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.
The Organ Pipes National Park, abbreviated as OPNP, [2] is a national park located in the Central region of Victoria, Australia.The 121-hectare (300-acre) protected area was established with the focus on conservation of the native flora and fauna, and preservation of the geological features in the Jacksons Creek, a part of the Maribyrnong valley, north-west of Melbourne.