Great Ocean Road

The Great Ocean Road is a 243-kilometre (151 mi) stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia  between the Torque and Warranmbool. The road was built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932, and is the world's largest war memorial. It is an important tourist attraction in the region, which winds through varying terrain alongside the coast, and provides access to several prominent landmarks; including the nationally significant Twelve Apostles limestone stack formations. The road is considered a tourist attraction in the area in which much of the road hugs coastline affectionately known as the Shipwreck coast, providing visibility of Bass strait and he Southern Ocean.

                                                           Entrance of Great Ocean Road                                                  

                                                      The Twelve Apostles

The Twelve Apostles is a collection of eight miocene limestone rock stacks. The apostles were formed by erosion the harsh weather conditions from the Southern Ocean gradually eroded the soft limestone to form caves in the cliffs, which then became arches, which in turn collapsed; leaving rock stacks up to 45 Meters high. The formation eventually became known as the Twelve Apostles, despite only ever having nine stacks. The stacks are susceptible to further erosion from the waves. On 3 July 2005, a 50 meter tall stack collapsed, leaving eight remaining.