Wreck Beach

A bit to the south of the Twelve Apostles lies wreck beach - a small portion of the Shipwreck Coast. At the end of a small gravel road (the sort they tell you NOT to drive your rental car down, but you do anyway), is a walk down a bluff, and over a period of two bays you find two shipwrecks - the Marie Gabrielle and the Fiji.

Don't come at high tide though - you might get traptured - and that's not good. There is a reason they called this the shipwreck coast... in particular because so many drowned being trapped at the bottom of a cliff.

Shipwreck Bay - Great Ocean Road, VIC - 18 Aug 2010

Marie Gabrielle anchor - Shipwreck Bay - Great Ocean Road, VIC - 18 Aug 2010

Marie Gabrielle wreckage - Shipwreck Bay - Great Ocean Road, VIC - 18 Aug 2010

Fiji anchor - Shipwreck Bay - Great Ocean Road, VIC - 18 Aug 2010

Shipwreck Bay - Great Ocean Road, VIC - 18 Aug 2010

The Twelve Apostles on the Great Ocean Road

The Great Ocean Road is one of the must-do drives in Victoria - and when I drove it last year, I arrived at the Twelve Apostles just as the sun was setting - perfect timing! The walk out to the lookout takes around 10 minutes, so isn't really much of a walk at all, but the views are very good by day or nightfall.

Twelve Apostles - Great Ocean Road, VIC - 17 Aug 2010

Twelve Apostles - Great Ocean Road, VIC - 17 Aug 2010

And by daytime...

Twelve Apostles - Great Ocean Road, VIC - 18 Aug 2010

Twelve Apostles - Great Ocean Road, VIC - 18 Aug 2010

Twelve Apostles - Great Ocean Road, VIC - 18 Aug 2010

Twelve Apostles - Great Ocean Road, VIC - 18 Aug 2010