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Parks Victoria provided an initial investment of $2.3 million for a 91 kilometre trail between Apollo Bay and the Glenample homestead, near the Twelve Apostles. [1] Construction efforts included clearing 25 kilometres of previously existing track, with most of the new track constructed by hand using mattocks, shovels and crowbars. [8]
[2] [6] The formation's name was made official as the Twelve Apostles, after the Apostles of Jesus, to attract more tourists, [7] despite only ever having had nine stacks. [2] In 2002, the Port Campbell Professional Fishermen's Association attempted to block the creation of the Twelve Apostles Marine National Park at the Twelve Apostles site. [8]
The Gibson Steps, from the air, looking northeast Gibson Beach from Saddle Lookout. The Gibson Steps are an area of cliffs on the south coast of Australia, located at The cliffs are the first sightseeing stopoff in Port Campbell National Park for travellers heading West along the Great Ocean Road, located about 2 minutes drive from The Twelve Apostles.
The Age reported that, "The Great Ocean-road [sic] proved a boon to the passengers, who were enabled without much inconvenience to reach Wood's farm house, Apollo Bay. However, if the road were finished, the vessel's cargo could be safely conveyed to either Apollo Bay, the Wye River, or Lorne." [18]
Lavers Hill is a favourite among tourist hotspots as it is only half an hour to the Twelve Apostles, an hour to Colac, is on the Great Ocean Road, is half an hour to the Otway Fly, and is less than an hour to Apollo Bay. It is the meeting point of the roads to Colac, Cobden, Apollo Bay and Port Campbell.
Apollo Bay Golf Club. Apollo Bay is host to various sports clubs, including: Apollo Bay Surf Lifesaving Club, which was established in 1952 as a result of a meeting held on the foreshore by interested townspeople and Surf Lifesaving Victoria officials. The Apollo Bay SLSC became the ninth club to be affiliated with Surf Lifesaving Victoria. [15]
Port Campbell Bay and jetty summer sunset. Port Campbell (/ ˈ k æ m b əl /) [2] is a town in Victoria, Australia. The town is on the Great Ocean Road, west of the Twelve Apostles, in the Shire of Corangamite. At the 2016 census, Port Campbell had a population of 478. [3] The Twelve Apostles limestone structure
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.