The weather has been much kinder to us today & the sun is shining & making this a special day to start our trip along the GOR
On 26 November 2007 the Great Ocean Road turned 75.
It was a time to remember the road's wonderful past & to celebrate its present & its future ---
as one of the greatest journeys on the planet
The 3000 brave men between 1918 and 1932 built the road, often using little more than a pick & shovel, would today be immensely proud of how their creation has not only weathered the years, but blossomed into a destination dubbed by the English travel magazine, as one of the Top 20 journeys of a lifetime
It is also the world's biggest war memorial. The men who decades ago etched it into the coastline of south western Victoria, themselves returned soldiers, were building it in honour of their comrades killed in the First World War
These photos were taken from the van, while we were driving along the road. The views are spectacular
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