Thursday, August 7, 2014

An Australian dozen

Where: Near Port Campbell, Victoria, Australia
When: September 2010


You're looking at some of the 12 Apostles. These are, of course, not real Apostles, but limestone rock formations that are at least 10 million years old. Nor are there 12 of them, but eight; there were nine up until 2005. Understandably, the Aussies decided that calling them the 12 Apostles was more likely to bring tourists than keeping its original name, the Sow and Piglets. The Apostles are one of the main attractions off the Great Ocean Road, which was built by servicemen returning home from World War I to connect previously isolated towns in the south and is in fact a war memorial.

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