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Ocean Road covers some
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of the most spectacular
scenery in the world.
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It winds past the magical 12
Apostles, stunning stretches of
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coastline, iconic surfing
beaches, lush rain forests,
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misty waterfalls and seaside
villages. Few other roads in
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the world can boast 240 km of
such awesome beauty as can the
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Great Ocean Road. The coastline
is magnificent. The original
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inhabitants of this region along
the Great Ocean Road were the
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Gunditjmara and the Wetherong
people. These indigenous people
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have a very deep relationship
with the land and the sea. Every
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aspect of their lives is
connected to it. They have a
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spiritual, physical, social
and cultural connection with the
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land and the ocean and their
lives are closely intertwined
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these elements and the forces
of nature This vital connection
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is expressed in every aboriginal
art form and ceremonial
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performance whether it
be theater, dance, physical
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painting and they have lived
in awe and wonder of the beauty,
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majesty and power of this
fabulous coastline. The Great
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Ocean Road region and its
diverse ecosystems team with
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wildlife. Some of it lives
nowhere else in the world. Along
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this coastline it's common to
find iconic Australian animals
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like kangaroos and koalas.
The Great Ocean Road region is
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sprinkled with seaside villages,
surfing communities, resort
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townships and regional hubs.
Names such as Torquay, Anglesea,
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Aireys Inlet, Lorne, Apollo Bay
and Port Campbell are popular
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destinations along the
road. Vincent Van Gogh said:
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The Great Southern Ocean
is often windy and stormy even
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along this beautiful coastline.
This week we drive along the
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Great Ocean Road to explore why
more than five million people a
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year visit this part of Victoria
Australia and how spending time
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surrounded by the wild wonders
of the ocean is good for us all.
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Research is finding that even
brief experiences of awe such as
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standing on a beach and looking
toward the horizon of the ocean
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can lead us to be more attuned
to the common humanity we share
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with one another. This morning
I've climbed down the 86 gypsum
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steps to the beach here at the
foot of the 12 Apostles. We had
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to time our visit here to low
tide as the sea is dangerous and
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at high tide waves smash against
those cliffs that are 70 meters
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high. Today we spend more time
working and commuting and less
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time in wild places like the
Great Ocean Road. Join me on a
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journey along the Great Ocean
Road to learn more about the
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three thousand men who labored
with their hands to carve this
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iconic road from the mountains
and to understand how the
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enormity of their sacrifice and
the greatness of the landscape
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combine to fill the
soul with awe and wonder.
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This is the Great Ocean Road in
Victoria, Australia. About five
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million people every year travel
along the winding curves of this
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road. One of the world's
greatest coastal drives for the
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past 80 years, it has drawn
visitors from all over the world
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The Great Ocean Road brings
people to the edge of Australia
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where the waves of the mighty
Southern Ocean ceaselessly roll
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onto beaches or roar at the base
of dramatic cliffs. The Great
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Ocean Road officially begins
here at Torquay and spans some
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250 km to just outside
Warrnambool. Construction on
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the road was started in 1919 and
completed in 1932. Torquay is an
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appropriate gateway to
the Great Ocean Road as it has
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always had a close relationship
with the ocean and a strong surf
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culture. It's recognized
today as the home of Australian
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surfing and where iconic brands
such as Ripcurl and Quik Silver
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began. The Australian National
Surfing Museum is located here
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and is the world's largest
beach culture museum, a fitting
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reminder of the close connection
it has with the ocean and the
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road that winds along its rugged
shore. The Great Ocean Road is
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a masterpiece of human
achievement. It was built
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basically by hand with help
from a few explosives to break
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rocks. More than 3000 men
worked to build the road using
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little more than
a pick and shovel.
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Well, it was built by soldiers
from the First World War, tough
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fellows they were. We called
them diggers in Australia and
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those men were big fellows
mainly that were used of hard
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work and they picked these
particular type of people who
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could stand up to the rigors of
outdoor life. They loved doing
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it because they weren't
inside. Now this is during the
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depression mostly and most
people were out of work and they
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were struggling to find work.
But when these fellows were
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given the job to work and
build the Great Ocean Road they
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thought it was Christmas.
They were getting a good income,
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married men a lot of them,
so they could support their
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families. There was diggers that
fought in World War I and were
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used to tough conditions and
they had a great camaraderie.
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Now as you can imagine in the
war they all stuck together in
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thick and thin and when they
were discharged they were on
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their own and they had to make
up their own mates and this was
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very difficult for them to
change into civilian life. But
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when they worked on the
Great Ocean Road with all their
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cobbers they had that same
camaraderie that they had during
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the war.
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This sculpture, named
The Diggers, shows one of the
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workers handing the other a
drink. It reflects the great
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Australian mateship that was not
only a part of the building of
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the building of the road, but
was so often on display in the
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First World War. The sculpture
is set on a plinth of rock
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especially brought here
from Port Fairy. The Diggers
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overlooks the Southern
Ocean and the Great Ocean Road.
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Now the difficulty they had when
they were building the road was
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the rock. Now they had to drill
holes in the rock for a start.
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They just drilled it with a
chisel and a hammer and blew the
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big stands down over the side
of the cliff to the sea. When
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they did this they made all the
side of the coast bare because
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they'd pushed the grass,
the scrubs and everything off
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and all the rubble went down to
the beach. It was pretty hairy.
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Nothing to stop your view
between the road and the beach.
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Now these fellows
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who were blasting really
upset their mates because a lot
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of them were shell shocked
and they'd just come out of the
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trenches and when the blasting
went off around the road it
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really upset them. The
challenges they had when
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they were making the road was
mainly the terrain they had to
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work in. Because it was right
along the cliff face of the
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mountains that went right down
to the sea and they had to tie
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themself to trees and lower
themself down on the rocks, dig
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a hole to stand upright and the
digger that was beside him did
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the same and then they dug a
track between the two and that's
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how it all started. When they
got around to the road a bit
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there's a couple of old farmers
and they said to the farmers
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would you like to contribute
just a few bob to build the
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road and they said look we
haven't got two bobs but we'll
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work on the road for a
mile in this area for nothing.
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And that's what they did, these
farmers. That was the type of
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patriotism they had building the
Great Ocean Road. All the little
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towns and villages along the
Great Ocean Road ran dancers and
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different things to make money
to pay the diggers because they
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knew it was to their advantage
that they could have a beautiful
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road, this Great Ocean Road,
that would give them free access
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to their village. Now this
Great Ocean Road is not only a
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memorial to those who dug it but
it was a memorial to the fallen
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in the First World War.
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The Great Ocean Road has been
called Australia's largest war
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memorial. Many visitors to the
Great Ocean Road don't know the
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history of how it was
constructed and why the
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construction of
this road is so special.
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They built the Great Ocean Road
because it was to open up all
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the little settlements around
the Otway coast. Prior to the
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Great Ocean Road being
built they were all landlocked
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depending on the weather. Once
the Great Ocean Road was built
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it gave them access right
through to wherever they wanted
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to go. The Great Ocean Road was
built in 1919 started. It was a
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concept of the Minister of
the Lands and the Minister for
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Repatriation to give
the returning diggers a job.
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Three thousand men worked on the
road, mostly returned diggers.
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They had foremen who kept them
on the job. They lived very,
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well. They were paid ten and
six a day where they come out of
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the trenches at five bob a day
and they were really well off.
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It took about 12 years for
all through, 12 or 13 years, to
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complete the road right through
from Torquay right through to
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Allansford which was near
Warrnambool. Now a lot of the
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road was in pure rock and that's
where the tough bit came. One
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particular place is called Mount
Defiance and that really defied
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them because it was pure rock.
The rest of the road a lot of it
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was aggregate which was pick
and shovel work and that's all
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they had basically was pick
and shovel and horses and scoops
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and wheelbarrows and they had to
do it all by muscle. Well I was
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born here in 1922, lived here
all my life, except I was in the
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army for four years, most of it
in the Solomon Islands. And it's
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a lovely place here because we
got this Great Ocean Road that
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we can move about on. Every bend
you come around is a different
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view and you got the rolling
surf and the moods of the sea
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changes. So it's an
ever changing vista and it's
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beautiful all the way around.
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You think around 80 percent of
the world's population is only
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an hour or two from the coast
line of an ocean, lake or river.
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There's something about water
that draws us and fascinates us.
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Our human bodies are about
70 percent water and they say
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that the water in ourselves is
comparable to that found in the
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oceans. The ocean delights,
inspires and intimidates us.
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When we
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think of the Great Ocean
Road we may think that the word
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great applies to the road
construction. While the history
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and meaning of the construction
of the road is important, it is
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the ocean that provides
the meaning of the word great.
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We're surrounded by water and
along with air it's the primary
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ingredient for supporting
life. Water covers more than 70
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percent of the earth's surface
and 96 percent of all of this
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water on earth is found in
the oceans. In fact it's so vast
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we've only explored five percent
of our world's oceans. From one
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million kilometers away our
planet resembles a small blue
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marble. Author Arthur C. Clarke
once commented How inappropriate
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to call this planet earth
when it's quite clearly ocean.
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Surfers are a constant presence
along the Great Ocean Road with
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world champion surfing events
held at Bells Beach every Easter
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Since the 1960s surfers have
flocked to Bells Beach. In 1973,
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the Easter event became
Australia's first pro surfing
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contest. Surfers have an
intimate connection with the
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ocean and many surfers have
tried to articulate the feeling
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of riding the power of the
sea. Pioneer of big wave surfing
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Buzzy Trent said one of the most
famous lines in surfing surfers.
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An element of greatness is power
and along the Great Ocean Road
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the ocean and bush that are so
beautiful also have the power to
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make us afraid. The dramatic
seascapes and spectacular
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scenery hide a dark secret
because not only is this stretch
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of coastline among the most
beautiful in the world, it is
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also by far the most
rugged, hostile and treacherous
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coastline in the world.
Cape Otway light station is the
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oldest lighthouse on the
Australian mainland. It has
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operated continuously since
1848. Before Bass Strait was
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discovered by Matthew Flinders
around 1799 ships had to sail
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around Tasmania taking an extra
week to 10 days. But sailing the
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waters between King and Flinders
Islands and the mainland is
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still treacherous. During
the early years of European
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settlement over 500 sailing
ships were wrecked along this
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coast. In fact, over 80 ships
were lost between Cape Otway
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and Port Fairy alone. So this
section of the coast can well be
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called the Shipwreck
Coast. Virtually all of these
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shipwrecks occurred in a
period of about 30 years between
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the mid 1800s and the early
1900s. Most of these ships sank
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at night or in a howling storm.
In the Bass Strait the mighty
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Southern Ocean is forced through
a passage merely 90 km wide and
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onto the continental shelf
where the sea bottom becomes
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relatively shallow. In these
parts the wind blows and swells
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of 10 to 20 meters aren't rare.
The 86 gypsum steps lead to the
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beach here at the foot of the
12 Apostles. The cliffs tower 70
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meters above me and I can see
large rocks at the base of the
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cliffs that have fallen before.
The view of the sea here fills
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the horizon. The waves don't
whisper here but roar onto the
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sand. It's a wild place. It's a
beautiful place and I'm a little
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bit frightened at how small I
feel. All this great power and
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beauty fills me with
an important emotion, Awe.
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Recent research tells me that
feeling awe like this is good
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for me. In the upper reaches of
pleasure and on the boundary of
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fear is an important emotion,
Awe. Awe is an overwhelming
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feeling of reverence, admiration
or fear produced by something
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grand, sublime or extremely
powerful. Recent research has
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shown that when we feel awe
we are more likely to feel a
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greater connection with others,
to feel part of something than
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ourselves. Researchers have
demonstrated that even watching
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a five minute clip of vast
natural beauty like the Great
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Ocean Road helped people feel
awe and changed their behavior.
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It's not clear why this
area is called the 12 apostles.
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There's never been 12 rock
pillars and constant pounding by
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the Great Southern Ocean means
that some of the current pillars
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are very fragile. Perhaps
the name was used by the locals
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because awe is central to the
experience of religion and when
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this view took their breath away
they could only liken it to a
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spiritual experience. Research
shows that those who experienced
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awe in their tests were less
likely to cheat or take money
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that wasn't theirs. And
apparently it doesn't take much
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even just 60 seconds of looking
at an amazing view such as this
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is enough for us to experience
awe. My entire journey along the
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Great Ocean Road has filled
me with awe from remembering the
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great sacrifice of the 3000
returned World War I soldiers
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who built this road in
memory of their fallen mates to
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remembering the great sacrifice
of the fire fighters who saved
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families in the Christmas day
bush fires. And now I stand here
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with other visitors, one of the
millions of people who visit the
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Great Ocean Road to soak in the
awesome wonder and my soul is
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singing:
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¤ ¤
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Yes, we've just completed one of
the world's great coastal drives
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It's the journey of a lifetime.
A journey through some of the
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most exciting, enchanting and
exquisitely different landscapes
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in Australia. But as well
as being an iconic tourist
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destination, the Great
Ocean Road plays a deeper more
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spiritual role. It's a reminder
that we're all on a journey, the
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greatest journey, the journey
of life. And there's a spiritual
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aspect to this journey.
One of the most helpful ways of
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thinking about the Christian
life is to see it as a journey.
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This is a theme that runs
through the Bible. The Bible
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tells of the 40-year journey of
the people of Israel from Egypt
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to the promised land. It tells
of Abraham setting out in faith
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to leave the land of his
ancestors and journey to a place
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chosen by God. He didn't know
where he was going but he did
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know who he would be traveling
with and that was enough for
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him. One of the earliest terms
used to refer to Christians was
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those who belong to the Way.
They were seen as traveling on
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their way to the eternal city.
Thinking of the Christian life
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as a journey through the world
offers a helpful and vivid way
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to visualizing the life of faith
It reminds us that we are going
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somewhere. Not just anywhere.
We're on our way to our eternal
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home. It encourages us to think
ahead and look forward with
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anticipation to the joy
of arrival. One day we shall
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finally see our Lord face to
face. If you would like to start
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that journey why not make that
decision right now as we pray.
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Dear Heavenly Father, today
we have made a journey along one
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of the great coastal roads.
The natural beauty, the costal
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scenery, the history and
heritage have filled us with
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awe and wonder. We've also been
reminded of our journey through
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life and our spiritual
pilgrimage. Please give us
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courage and assurance as we
journey towards our eternal home
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and grant us the privilege of
seeing you face to face. We ask
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this in Jesus' name, Amen.
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¤ How Great Thou Art ¤
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Our journey along the Great
Ocean Road fills us with awe and
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wonder but it also plays a
deeper more spiritual role.
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It reminds us that we are all on
a journey, the greatest journey,
00:25:25.92\00:25:30.39
the journey of life. And there's
a spiritual aspect to this
00:25:30.43\00:25:34.60
journey. One of the most helpful
ways of thinking about the
00:25:34.63\00:25:38.93
Christian life is to see it as
a journey. This is a theme that
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runs through the Bible. If you'd
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now. If you've enjoyed today's
journey be sure to join us again
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next week when we will
share another of life's journeys
00:27:18.13\00:27:20.94
together and experience another
new and thought provoking
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perspective on the peace,
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Until next week remember the
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ultimate destination of
life's journey. Now I saw a new
00:27:40.32\00:27:43.89
heaven and a new earth and God
will wipe away every tear from
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their eyes. There shall be no
more death nor sorrow nor crying
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There shall be no more pain for
the former things have passed
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away.
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¤ ¤
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