Colin F163860
Leading Member
Hi gang, I haven’t been around for a while, I’ve been away on a road trip. Onie and I travelled down to the southeastern coast of Victoria, Australia, along the famous Great Ocean Road.
This road is cut into the side of the hills adjoining the ocean. It is almost 400 kms (240 miles) from start to finish and follows the coast for all but about 30 miles where it turns inland into the Otway Ranges.
Work started on the road in 1919 and the 75 kilometre stretch between Anglesea and Apollo Bay was completed by 1932. More sections were opened up as toll roads as they were completed. Returned soldiers from the First World War hewed the road from the rock with picks, crowbars and shovels. It would have been tough work.
I had left my pano head at home and wasn’t very happy about that. This first image is a 3 photo stitch, hand held and doesn’t really show the scale of things. If you look closely you can see the road cut into the side of the hills and people on the beach in the right foreground.
Further along the coast we came to what is known as the “Ship Wreck Coast”
These rock formations are called the “12 Apostles”. The weather had turned cold and very windy, not ideal conditions. I had wanted to do some night time full moon lit time exposures of these rocks but the rain was coming in heavy bursts through the night so I just stayed in bed. I braved the early morning gale and took these.
The Twelve Apostles rock stacks were formed by the gradual erosion of softer limestone areas, creating caves in the cliffs. These caves eventually wore away through wind and wave erosion to become arches and when they collapsed, rock islands were left detached. The cliffs rise to nearly 70 metres (230 feet) in some places and the highest Apostle is approximately 50 metres (165 feet) from base to tip.
The road turns inland to take in the beauty of the Otway forest. We stayed overnight in a small remote country pub and enjoyed the hospitality that these country folk are renowned for. We had intended to take in a “tree top” walk but the weather wasn’t kind again. The misty rain fell during the drive back to the sea but I did stop and take some photos of this beautiful forest.
Heading back towards Melbourne we came to the town of Lorne where I attached the teleconverter and captured this lone surfer.
Further along at the end of the Road we came to Bells Beach, a surfing mecca and site of the big surfing comps.
This part of Australia is a “must see’ if you ever travel down-under, I hope you enjoy looking at these as much as I did taking them.
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Colin F,,, Welcome to 2004
Australia
FCAS Member
CP 5 7 0 0
U R - E 8
T C - E 1 5
M B - E 5 7 0 0
Sunpak 5 0 0 0
Oly C 9 9 0
Link to some of my efforts
http://www.bytephoto.com/photopost/showgallery.php?ppuser=529
This road is cut into the side of the hills adjoining the ocean. It is almost 400 kms (240 miles) from start to finish and follows the coast for all but about 30 miles where it turns inland into the Otway Ranges.
Work started on the road in 1919 and the 75 kilometre stretch between Anglesea and Apollo Bay was completed by 1932. More sections were opened up as toll roads as they were completed. Returned soldiers from the First World War hewed the road from the rock with picks, crowbars and shovels. It would have been tough work.
I had left my pano head at home and wasn’t very happy about that. This first image is a 3 photo stitch, hand held and doesn’t really show the scale of things. If you look closely you can see the road cut into the side of the hills and people on the beach in the right foreground.
Further along the coast we came to what is known as the “Ship Wreck Coast”
These rock formations are called the “12 Apostles”. The weather had turned cold and very windy, not ideal conditions. I had wanted to do some night time full moon lit time exposures of these rocks but the rain was coming in heavy bursts through the night so I just stayed in bed. I braved the early morning gale and took these.
The Twelve Apostles rock stacks were formed by the gradual erosion of softer limestone areas, creating caves in the cliffs. These caves eventually wore away through wind and wave erosion to become arches and when they collapsed, rock islands were left detached. The cliffs rise to nearly 70 metres (230 feet) in some places and the highest Apostle is approximately 50 metres (165 feet) from base to tip.
The road turns inland to take in the beauty of the Otway forest. We stayed overnight in a small remote country pub and enjoyed the hospitality that these country folk are renowned for. We had intended to take in a “tree top” walk but the weather wasn’t kind again. The misty rain fell during the drive back to the sea but I did stop and take some photos of this beautiful forest.
Heading back towards Melbourne we came to the town of Lorne where I attached the teleconverter and captured this lone surfer.
Further along at the end of the Road we came to Bells Beach, a surfing mecca and site of the big surfing comps.
This part of Australia is a “must see’ if you ever travel down-under, I hope you enjoy looking at these as much as I did taking them.
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Colin F,,, Welcome to 2004
Australia
FCAS Member
CP 5 7 0 0
U R - E 8
T C - E 1 5
M B - E 5 7 0 0
Sunpak 5 0 0 0
Oly C 9 9 0
Link to some of my efforts
http://www.bytephoto.com/photopost/showgallery.php?ppuser=529
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