The Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia

The Great Ocean Road is billed as one of the Top 10 Must See's Before You Die in Australia. It is a beautiful, rugged limestone coastline not unlike California's coastline between Carmel and Morro Bay. Although, I must say, the roads on this drive were not quite as harrowing.

Lighthouses dot the coastline...


The 12 Apostles are one of the major attractions on this route and probably one of the most photographed spots in Australia. The 12 Apostles are the limestone formations dotting the water here, and as the name suggests, there are supposed to be 12 of them, but a few of them have been lost, quite all at once in dramatic fashion, to the pounding waves. You can see the remains of one in the foreground.


Martyrs Cove looks fairly peaceful, but there have been many, many shipwrecks in this area.


The Granites can be found along a very isolated stretch of coast near the Victoria border in South Australia. This formation of huge granite boulders set into the beach is off the beaten tourist track and we had the whole beach to ourselves at sunset, save for a few rugged campers.