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It's the staircase leading down to the stretch of beach bordering the cliffs of the park and is the first sightseeing stopoff in Port Campbell National Park for travellers heading West along the Great Ocean Road. The cliffs are about 2 minutes drive from The Twelve Apostles, or about 0.16 hours by walking.
The Gibson Steps are an area of cliffs on the south coast of Australia, located at 38°40′06″S 143°06′43″E. The cliffs are the first sightseeing stopoff in Port Campbell National Park for travellers heading West along the Great Ocean Road, located about 2 minutes drive from The Twelve Apostles. The name Gibson Steps refers to the staircase leading down to Gibson Beach.
12 Apostles
Perhaps the most important natural attraction in the entire state of Victoria, the collection of limestone stacks were formed by erosion by the harsh and extreme weather conditions from the Southern Ocean which gradually eroded the soft limestone to form caves in the cliffs, which then became arches that eventually collapsed, leaving rock stacks up and what we see today. Although the name says "12 Apostles", there were never 12 to begin with, but rather eight when the name was chosen. However, today, there only remains seven after one collapsed in 2005.
Although it may look as it were quite far away from the Twelve Apostles, it's one great lookout where the views of the lookout explain the beauty of this park.
London Bridge
An offshore natural arch which was formed by a gradual process of erosion, and until 1990 formed a complete double-span natural bridge. In 1990, the span closer to the shoreline collapsed which left two tourists stranded. Before the collapse, the arch was known as London Bridge because as it formed a bridge.
Just three minutes' drive from The Twelve Apostles, this gorge is the site of the shipwreck of the clipper ship Loch Ard that ran aground on nearby Muttonbird Island in 1878 approaching the end of a three-month journey from England to Melbourne. Of the fifty-four passengers and crew, only two survived. The arch of the nearby Island Archway collapsed in June 2009 and the feature now appears as two unconnected rock pillars. They have since been named "Tom" and "Eva" after the two survivors of the Loch Ard shipwreck.
The main lookout facing west towards the Loch Ard Gorge. The lookout is named after the two unconnected rock pillars, which were named after the two survivors of the Loch Ard shipwreck.
A natural rock shape which is in the middle stage of an island transitioning from tunnel just east of the London Arch (formerly London Bridge).