July 05, 2005
12 Apostles of Australia, Minus One
A few years ago I spent 6 months working, travelling and living in Australia. One of the highlights of the trip was when the Duck arrived and we spent two weeks touring the southeast part of the country, including the cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, and the beautiful australian countryside, with a few spectacular days on the Great Ocean Road, a make-work project for returned WWI war veterans, which runs along the south coast through some incredible scenery.
One of the renowed attractions along the Great Ocean Road was the 12 Apostles, free-standing, towering pillars of rocks eroded away from the limestone cliffs that border the shore. A viewing tower sits out on one of the Apostles and from its vantage point tourists can look at Apostles to their left and right as the waves from the open ocean crash below. A few days ago one of the apostles collapsed. The photos below were taken about a minute apart by tourists standing on the aforementioned viewing tower.
Boo.
It is really lovely there. I hope the remaining ones last for awhile longer.
Posted by: Monique at July 9, 2005 09:49 AMHow do you get down to the water? or can you?
Posted by: Alyssa at September 15, 2005 08:56 AMI don't think you can get down to the water - at least I never saw anyone down at the water. I don't think you'd want to go down to the water level either. The cliffs meet up with crashing waves and that's about it. In places a little sliver of beach appears but that may only be at low tide.
Posted by: JS at October 19, 2005 08:48 AM