May Squares #30 Moving Images

Postcards from The Great Ocean Road ~ Joining Becky for May Squares, featuring scenes along Victoria’s  iconic Great Ocean Road.

#SquaresRenew ~ moving forward, reconstructing, renewing or burgeoning

The heritage listed Great Ocean Road follows the coast of south-eastern Victoria from Torquay to Allansford for 241 kilometres, past beautiful sandy beaches and bays, through lush rainforests and over rugged limestone cliffs. Built by soldiers returned from World War One between 1919 and 1932, and dedicated to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice, the road is the world’s largest war memorial. Construction of the road provided employment for more than 3,000 returned servicemen, giving them purpose and providing much needed rehabilitation after the horrors of war. The Great Ocean Road linked towns along the coast previously only accessed by sea or tracks through the bush and created a route now acknowledged as one of the most scenic tourist drives in the world. 

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The Great Ocean Road

As a passenger on this road trip, it was my job to navigate and while not doing that, I took photos through the windscreen, recording our journey in the rain

and on sunny days. 

Several times we had to stop for roadworks in places where the road was being upgraded. 

We marvelled at homes overlooking the ocean, envying them their spectacular views, 

although this home might be a step too far (or too high). 

And every day we were awestruck, as we followed the curves of the coastline, by the beautiful scenery along the Great Ocean Road.