Gog and Magog : Down Gibson Steps - viewed from the beach . . .
This image is included in 4 galleries:- 1) "Where I’d Like to Be - II" curated by S. Page Looney, 2) "Playas" by Jose Luis Cernadas Iglesias, 3) "Landscape - Landschaften III" by Burkhard Kohnert and 4) "Geographic Focus 7" by James Q Chang (启疆).
According to Alison Dods of Parks Victoria, Gog is the male and the larger stack, whereas the smaller one is Magog and is female.
A stone throw's distance before reaching the 12 Apostles is a sightseeing stopoff called Gibson Steps. Reaching the beach surface via 86 steps, two huge limestone stacks, referred to as Gog and Magog by locals, are towering into the sky at an arm's length. Surveying these stacks at such a close distance, visitors are easily "dwarfed" if not enthralled.
Gog and Magog are names that appear in the Old Testament and in numerous subsequent works, including the Book of Revelation and the Qur'an, sometimes indicating individuals and sometimes lands and peoples. Sometimes, but not always, they are connected with the "end times", and the passages from the Book of Ezekiel and Book of Revelation in particular have attracted attention for this reason.
Gibson Steps --- originally built by the Aborigines, subsequently maintained by Hugh Gibson of the Glenample Homestead, are a steep and slippery flight of rocky steps, giving access to a wild, kelp-covered beach beneath the 70 metre cliff.
This was taken on a summer's evening with shifting light, angry-looking clouds and howling winds - so strong that my tripod was toppled. Beyond the horizon is Bass Strait. A brand new Saddle Lookout for the famous Shipwreck Coast Precinct is seen perched over the cliff face middle right.
(Not explored)
Gog and Magog : Down Gibson Steps - viewed from the beach . . .
This image is included in 4 galleries:- 1) "Where I’d Like to Be - II" curated by S. Page Looney, 2) "Playas" by Jose Luis Cernadas Iglesias, 3) "Landscape - Landschaften III" by Burkhard Kohnert and 4) "Geographic Focus 7" by James Q Chang (启疆).
According to Alison Dods of Parks Victoria, Gog is the male and the larger stack, whereas the smaller one is Magog and is female.
A stone throw's distance before reaching the 12 Apostles is a sightseeing stopoff called Gibson Steps. Reaching the beach surface via 86 steps, two huge limestone stacks, referred to as Gog and Magog by locals, are towering into the sky at an arm's length. Surveying these stacks at such a close distance, visitors are easily "dwarfed" if not enthralled.
Gog and Magog are names that appear in the Old Testament and in numerous subsequent works, including the Book of Revelation and the Qur'an, sometimes indicating individuals and sometimes lands and peoples. Sometimes, but not always, they are connected with the "end times", and the passages from the Book of Ezekiel and Book of Revelation in particular have attracted attention for this reason.
Gibson Steps --- originally built by the Aborigines, subsequently maintained by Hugh Gibson of the Glenample Homestead, are a steep and slippery flight of rocky steps, giving access to a wild, kelp-covered beach beneath the 70 metre cliff.
This was taken on a summer's evening with shifting light, angry-looking clouds and howling winds - so strong that my tripod was toppled. Beyond the horizon is Bass Strait. A brand new Saddle Lookout for the famous Shipwreck Coast Precinct is seen perched over the cliff face middle right.
(Not explored)