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The Twelve Apostles is a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park, by the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. When I spent a few days there earlier this month, I didn't see the sun for most of that time. In fact, it was raining most of the time, and the wind was quite fierce. I was lucky that on the morning we had to go back to Melbourne, the sun came through and I got a chance to get a more interesting shot of these rocks.
by my daughter - Queila
knowing this wonderful Continent through the images of my daughter! I'll know It in person soon
The Twelve Apostles are a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park, by the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia.
At the mercy of the Southern Ocean these were formed through erosion at the cliff face beginning as caves, then arches which collapsed into the stacks.
That same erosion has claimed a number of the stacks and only eight now remain.
This is a very popular tourist attraction along a spectacular drive.
Twelve Apostles, Victoria, Australia
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Twelve Apostles, Victoria, Australia
Part of the Twelve Apostles at the Great Ocean Road - Victoria, Australia.
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The Twelve Apostles are a collection of limestack stacks just off the shore of Port Campbell National Park. The park is located on the Great Ocean Road, in the state of Victoria which is in the south-east of Australia.
The 12 Apostles were formed by waves eroding the limestone cliff face. First, the soft limestone erodes to form caves, which then became arches, and finally the arches collapse leaving massive limestone stacks up to 45 metres high.
The stacks themselves further erode and then eventually collapse. Although, called The Twelve Apostles, there were only ever 9 limestone stacks. After one of the stacks collapsed in 2005, 8 currently remain.
Even though I have now visited them several times, they still fill me with awe.
For more information see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Apostles_(Victoria).
On the right the Twelve Apostles mountain, part of the Oudekraal nature reserve, which is connected to Table Mountain. That town you see is Camps Bay. That place is very expensive and has a European/ mediterranean jetset vibe to it.
The peak on the left is Lions Head. In 2003 I lived behind Lions Head in Cape Town for a couple of months. Almost every day I used to run around Lions Head, along the coast, to Camps Bay. Get a soft drink in the Pick 'n Pay and run back. Runners Paradise!
This is on Gibson`s Beach at the Apostles on a very foggy morning
I arrived here in the dark and there was a river of fog flowing down over the cliffs out to sea and it continued until well after 10am when this was taken
I know its rare but its not a stitch
This is part of the Twelve Apostles which run down the spine of Cape Peninsula starting in Cape Town. Taken from near Hout Bay.
ThIs is one of the Twelve Apostles which is a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park, by the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. I was lucky enough to be driven by a dear friend nearly 3 hours to see them, and it was certainly worth the drive!
The blues of the sea, the misty morning and the creams and oranges of the sandstone cliffs are what tourists come for when visiting the Twelve Apostles viewing platform. On the FFM Great Ocean Road trip last year. We visited in both the morning and also for the sunset this day last year.
Yet another shot of Gog and Magog, two dramatic limestone sea stacks along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia.
Gog and Magog are the only two of the Twelve Apostles that visitors can get close to, via the Gibson Steps. All the others have to be viewed from the 70m clifftops.
The Twelve Apostles are towering limestone stacks off Australia's Great Ocean Road, sculpted by erosion from the Southern Ocean. They offer a stunning view, especially magnificent after sunset. Please Zoom View
The Twelve Apostles es el nombre con el que se designa un agrupamiento de agujas de piedra caliza que sobresales del mar en la costa del Parque Nacional de Port Campbell, se formaron por la erosión de las rocas y el viento.
Se encuentran a lo largo de la ruta "Great Ocean Road" en Victoria, Australia
A trip down the Great Ocean Road is not complete without the obligatory visit to the Twelve Apostles at either sunrise or sunset. We chose sunset although the sun was setting over the rock stacks rather than further out over the sea. There were a couple of hundred people watching, a much smaller number than the last time I was there some years ago.
For those unfamiliar with the Apostles, there were 8 (never 12) from the viewing point until one collapsed in 2005. A colony of Fairy (Little) Penguins came ashore as the darkness deepened in the foreground right.
Reworking on an old 2011 shot of a couple of the Twelve Apostles on the Great Ocean Road in Australia.
The southern ocean takes its toll on these wonderful limestone sea stacks each year, eroding them further so that eventually they all crumble into the sea.