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Photo by Marc Gibaud, Clouds on Tres Cerros and Mount Fitzroy, Argentinian Patagonia

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Amazing photos, beautiful landscapes of Australia is always a treat to watch.
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The Gibson Steps are an area of cliffs on the south coast of Australia.
The cliffs are a great stop off in Port Campbell National Park for travellers along the Great Ocean Road, located nearby the Twelve Apostles.



























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The Twelve Apostles http://visit12apostles.com.au is a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park, by the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia.
Some pics of the famous Twelve Apostles during different times of the three days spent in the area.



































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Seen them all over the Great Ocean Road area, Wicked Camper Vans Campervan Hire Australia - Camper van hire, 4x4, 4WD & car rental













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Well ~ talking about milk-bars and icecream shakes, another historic site in Broken Hill remembering the The Battle of Broken Hill otherwise known as the Broken Hill Massacre, was a fatal incident which took place near Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia on 1 January 1915.
Two men shot dead four people and wounded seven more, before being killed by police and military officers. While the attack was politically and religiously inspired, as declared by the perpetrators in notes, the men were not members of any sanctioned armed force and the attacks were criminal.
The two men were later identified as being Moslems from the British colony of India, modern day Pakistan (some sources incorrectly identify them as Turkish).
The attackers were both former camel-drivers working at Broken Hill. They were Badsha Mahommed Gool (born c. 1874), an ice-cream vendor, and Mullah Abdullah (born c. 1854, a local imam and halal butcher. Gool's ice-cream cart was well known in town and was used to transport the men to the attack site.They also fashioned a home-made Ottoman flag which they flew. There appears to have been little effort made at hiding their identities.















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Relaxed afternoon ride heading north-west out of Broken Hill.
Silverton is a small village at the far west of New South Wales, Australia, 26 km's away from Broken Hill.
Famous movies were filmed in Silverton, these movie productions include Razorback, The Adventures of Priscilla - Queen of the Desert, The Flying Doctors, A Town like Alice, Dirty Deeds, Mission Impossible 2 and The Missing ...etc...etc...







































Silverton = SILVERTON NSW - Visit the outback.
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Out at the famous Silverton Hotel near Broken Hill (New South Wales Outback) for a quick "all the works" burger and drinks....













































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Historic Silverton Cemetery, a reminder of the harsh lives lived in Silverton's early years and some more random Silverton shots....































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The Living Desert Reserve and the Broken Hill Sculptures, nestled amongst the Barrier Ranges and located approx. 9km from the City of Broken Hill...































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Arrived at Mt.Gambier / South Australia and a visit to the Blue Lake is a must while in the area.



The Blue Lake in Mount Gambier, South Australia is a large monomictic lake located in an extinct volcanic maar associated with the Mount Gambier maar complex.
It is one of four crater lakes on Mount Gambier. Of the four lakes, only two remain, as the other two (Leg of Mutton and Brown) have dried up over the past 30 to 40 years as the water table has dropped.
Situated in one of three extinct volcanic craters, the Blue Lake exposes the crystal clear water that has filtered underground through the limestone, passing slowly beneath the city.
Each year in November the lake starts its colour change from winter steel blue to brilliant turquoise blue and then in March changes back to steel blue.
The Blue Lake and the Crater Lakes area is a significant site within the Kanawinka Geopark and is a State Heritage Area.















Heading down further the Princess Highway leaving South Australia and entering the state of Victoria....





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One of the most rugged and wild sections of Victoria's coastline can be viewed at The Crags, just 12 kilometres west of Port Fairy.
For some a perfect ending to a tour of the coastal sights of the Great Ocean Road, well as I was going from Adelaide (SA) to Melbourne (VIC) ~ its the start of the GOR....



































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Starting to roll down the Great Ocean Road towards Melbourne...







Warrnambool, watching the sunset at Logans Beach Whale Viewing Platforms just to the east of Warrnambool, overlooking the whales favourite playground ~ unfortunately no whales in sight....





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Early morning start to another awesome Great Ocean Road destination.
Bay of Islands Coastal Park is a 32 kilometre long coastal reserve located on the Great Ocean Road between Peterborough and Warrnambool in Australia.





































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Bay of Martyrs beside the Great Ocean Road is an open, 2.5 km long, south-west facing bay containing numerous reefs and sea stacks.
The shoreline is composed predominantly of 10 m high, red limestone bluffs. Within the bay are several smaller bays and beaches, two of which are named Massacre Bay and Crofts Bay.
Bay of Martyrs Beach lies at the eastern end of the bay. It is 500 m long, faces south-west and is backed by a mixture of irregular bluffs and dunes, with the Great Ocean Road just behind.















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