The Twelve Apostles
Limestone pillars.
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The Great Ocean Road is a 240 km coastal road on the south-eastern coast of Australia between the Victorian towns of Torquay and Allansford, and it is on the Australian National Heritage List. Its well-known timber arch at Eastern View stands about 10 km from Lorne in a straight line. It was built between 1919 and 1932 and is now one of the country's great tourist attractions; the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria named it the state's top tourism experience. It is two lanes wide, with speed limits between 50 and 100 km/h. The road winds along clifftops above the Southern Ocean, past sandy surf beaches such as Bells Beach, lone sea stacks, small coastal towns like Lorne and Apollo Bay and the Otway rainforest, on to the limestone pillars of the Twelve Apostles near Port Campbell. Allow at least two days and stop at the many lookouts. The road is narrow and winding and Australians drive on the left, so take it slowly and stop only in marked pull-outs.
Limestone pillars.
Big surf.
Coastal towns.
South-west coast of Victoria, Australia
At least two.
Summer and autumn.