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Photo Friday: The Great Ocean Road
Filed under Travel with kids by Maria at 1:30 am on Sep 25 2009
Sunset over the Ocean, Port Fairy
The Apostles - The Great Ocean Road
London Bridge
The first photo is the sunset from the cottage we staid at in Port Fairy, Australia in 2002. It was amazing to step out of our bedroom and be literally a few steps away from the Ocean. We drove from Melbourne to Port Fairy, an old charming fishing town, down The Great Ocean Road and it was one of most scenic drives we’ve had. It was before parenthood and digital cameras so these shots are actually scans of the originals. The second photo pictures one of Australia’s most famous landmarks we saw along the way, the spectacular 12 Apostles, which are the effect of constant erosion of the limestone cliffs of the mainland, a process that started 20-50 million years ago. The third photo is London Bridge, historically a natural archway in an offshore rock formation caused by wave erosion. The original bridge look changed when the middle part collapsed separating it from the mainland. Thanks to Debbie at Delicious Baby for hosting and organising Photo Friday.
1 Glenniaon 25 Sep 2009 at 8:03 am
Australia is on my short list of places to go in the next five years. This looks fabulous. Great photos of a beautiful spot!
2 Kerry Dexteron 25 Sep 2009 at 1:08 pm
lovely shots, espeiailly like the sunset one.
3 Heather on her travelson 25 Sep 2009 at 2:22 pm
That’s a beatiful stretch of coastline, and a lovely sunset
4 Bridget Smithon 25 Sep 2009 at 8:45 pm
Love those rock formations. They’re breathtaking!
5 Lorraine @keepsmesmilingon 26 Sep 2009 at 9:29 am
The Apostles look like they could be reason alone to travel to Australia. Absolutely stunning.
6 SmartPumpkinsMomon 26 Sep 2009 at 10:37 am
Amazing! So beautiful!
(I am glad I found your blog!)
7 adminon 26 Sep 2009 at 10:46 am
Thanks SmartPumpkinsMom I am glad you like it
8 Dominiqueon 27 Sep 2009 at 4:46 am
I love seeing how erosion creates cool rock formations and fuels people’s imaginations. It’s always sad to me when a well known rock formation is lost to the effects of erosion, though.
9 Beth Whitmanon 27 Sep 2009 at 7:22 am
I’ve always wanted to see this area for myself. It’s so other worldly.
10 Amy @ The Q Familyon 27 Sep 2009 at 7:35 pm
Amazing shots!!! I really need to get moving on my plan to visit Australia soon before my cousin moves away.
11 Caitlinon 01 Oct 2009 at 10:16 pm
It’s a beautiful part of the world! I’m from Australia but I’ve never done this drive, though it’s very famous. Hopefully I will soon.