VICTORIA
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The Great Ocean Road
We visited Victoria during December. I had thought that the weather would be like summer, but I was wrong. In this place, the winds were so strong and cold that I put on all the clothes that I had planned to wear when I returned to my country in February (i.e., cold winter weather). Because of these harsh conditions there, is very scanty but adapted vegetation.
There is a nice and marvellous coast full of rocks eroded by ocean and wind. The 12 Apostles, twelve separated rocks, the number one attraction in this region, but I can say that places nearby, such as la Grotto, The London Bridge, and The Arch are more beautiful. I was really impressed by the wonderful forms of the cliffs.
This coast is also well-known for another thing. It was the most dangerous and dreaded coast for ships in the 18th and 19th centuries; 50 ships were wrecked here and many lives were lost because of the cliffs, the strong wind and the frequent fog. I can vividly imagine this because the wind was so strong that I could close my eyes and lean into it without falling at all because of its force!
On the coast you could read the stories of many of the lost ships not only from the individual memorials but also from sad witnesses - anchors that testified silently to these tragedies...."To get safely to Melbourne was as difficult as getting a camel through the eye of a needle," was a common expression for this fabulous but dangerous coast for a long time.