dangerously close to gettting into trouble
I know, I know, this is drifting way too far from the topic...
here is a link to where I live.
The Great Ocean Road (GOR) was built after the first world war as a work scheme to provide work for returned soldiers. They constructed a road along the south west coast of Victoria, the state where I live. The road starts at Anglesea and used to finish at Apollo Bay but was extended many years ago past Peterborough. It is probably the number one tourist attraction in the state. The road is in very steep terrain, with rainforest mountains on one side of the road and a steep drop to the ocean on the other side. It is spectacularly beautiful.
The road follows the coast from Anglesea to Apollo Bay, then turns inland and climbs into the Otway Ranges. When it reaches the tiny town of Lavers Hill (where I live) the road turns parallel to the coast and continues West till it contacts the coast again at Princetown, then goes to the 12 Apostles, a section of coast where erosion has left about 12 pillars of land surrounded by the ocean, they are tiny islands only a few metres across and several metres high. The photo in the middle of the linked page shows people on the beach with one of the apostles in the background.
A few years ago there was another feature nearby, "London Bridge" where erosion had formed an archway with water underneath. You could walk across the arch to a small patch of land on the other side. One day the arch collapsed, leaving a few tourists stranded on the othe side. They had to be rescued by helicopter. The slip created a "thirteenth apostle" for s few years but last year another of the apostles collapsed into the ocean. So now there are 12 again... Another feature is "the blowhole" where southern ocean currents direct from antarctic waters sweep into an inlet, through an underground tunnel and blast up into the air. (No smutty line please Toggle. Oh alright but be careful.)
http://www.greatoceanroad.com.au/
I know, I know, this is drifting way too far from the topic...
here is a link to where I live.
The Great Ocean Road (GOR) was built after the first world war as a work scheme to provide work for returned soldiers. They constructed a road along the south west coast of Victoria, the state where I live. The road starts at Anglesea and used to finish at Apollo Bay but was extended many years ago past Peterborough. It is probably the number one tourist attraction in the state. The road is in very steep terrain, with rainforest mountains on one side of the road and a steep drop to the ocean on the other side. It is spectacularly beautiful.
The road follows the coast from Anglesea to Apollo Bay, then turns inland and climbs into the Otway Ranges. When it reaches the tiny town of Lavers Hill (where I live) the road turns parallel to the coast and continues West till it contacts the coast again at Princetown, then goes to the 12 Apostles, a section of coast where erosion has left about 12 pillars of land surrounded by the ocean, they are tiny islands only a few metres across and several metres high. The photo in the middle of the linked page shows people on the beach with one of the apostles in the background.
A few years ago there was another feature nearby, "London Bridge" where erosion had formed an archway with water underneath. You could walk across the arch to a small patch of land on the other side. One day the arch collapsed, leaving a few tourists stranded on the othe side. They had to be rescued by helicopter. The slip created a "thirteenth apostle" for s few years but last year another of the apostles collapsed into the ocean. So now there are 12 again... Another feature is "the blowhole" where southern ocean currents direct from antarctic waters sweep into an inlet, through an underground tunnel and blast up into the air. (No smutty line please Toggle. Oh alright but be careful.)
http://www.greatoceanroad.com.au/
