12 apostles?

Question

where abouts are the 12 apostles and what is the best means of getting to them from say, centrel melbourne?

Answer 1

cborg has given you the best information but just so you know, there are no longer 12 apostles.....there are only 8 remaining.

Answer 2

Along the west coast of Victoria.

Answer 3

http://www.greatoceanrd.org.au/Informati...

There are only 8 apostles left now . The others have broken up as they are situated off a notoriously wild peice of Coastline which stretches over 200 kilometres of The Great Ocean Road. A very scenic drive in Victoria Australia . You can take bus tours or I would like to suggest to Hire a car from melbourne and stay in some of the beautiful little towns along the coast. I really like Lorne. .

Answer 4

The 12 Apostles, Victoria

The Twelve Apostles were originally known as the “Sow and Piglets”, the mother pig and her little offspring. The early settlers renamed this amazing rock formation after the disciples of Jesus Christ.

The Twelve Apostles, like the other rock formations of the Port Campbell National Park, have been gouged away from the towering limestone cliffs over thousands of years.

The cliffs’ foundations were laid down some 10 to 25 million years ago at a time when this area was covered by an inland sea. Within that sea, over millions of years, countless numbers of marine creatures died, and as they died, their bodies would drift to the bottom of the sea and mix with the other sediment. The marine creatures’ skeletons and shells were of course rich in calcium and as the sediment compacted over the centuries, calciferous clay, or tertiary limestone, was formed.

It is the calcium that acts a cementing product, binding the rock together. Thus, where you have a higher calcium content, or a richer deposit of calcium, you have a stronger variety of rock. This stronger rock has managed to withstand the pounding of the waves and the whipping of the sand-laden winds as the weaker rock has been worn away around it, leaving us today with an amazing array of rock formations.

And without any doubt, the most famous of those rock formations is the Twelve Apostles.

You will notice that there are not actually twelve “Apostles”, and we’re not sure if there ever were. Most recently, one Apostle collapsed on 3rd July 2005. These are the world’s tallest limestone stacks and without doubt the most recognisable attraction in Victoria.

Source: http://www.gowest.com.au/12-apostles.htm...

How to get there

Time Required: 2 hours 30 minutes

Here's How:

1. Have a Melbourne map to find your way through the city.

2. Get on the Princes Highway, which then becomes the

Princes Freeway, heading southwest to Geelong.

3. At Geelong, you might want to stop and visit the National Wool Museum and other town attractions.

4. Get on the Surfcoast Highway (100) until you reach Torquay.

5. Follow route 100 which becomes the Great Ocean Rd after Torquay.

6. The Great Ocean Rd is a scenic cliffside drive at many sectors. Enjoy the drive and the scenery.

7. Eighty-nine kilometres to the southwest, stop for a break, if desired, at Apollo Bay.

8.Within the next 90 kilometres you should find a number of viewing points on your left (south).

9. Stop at any or all the viewing points to see various limestock rock formations rising from the sea.

10. At viewing points for the Twelve Apostles you should be able to see several of the Apostles from any one viewing point.

Tips:

1. Have a detailed map of the area. If you take any of the side streets at Geelong, for instance, you could lose your way.

2. Time your trip to avoid heavy traffic particularly during long weekends and school holidays.

3. You can choose to return to Melbourne via the Princes Highway by turning right on C163 after Port Campbell or at Allansford.

Source: http://goaustralia.about.com/cs/vicsight...

Answer 5

The 12 Apostles are down the south Western coast of Victoria along the Great Ocean Road You can go on tours from Melbourne by bus or you can drive the Great Ocean road yourself. Down through Geelong and along the coast road will get you there.

Its a very long day trip down & back so if you want time to see sights along the way & do it in a relaxed way I would suggest staying over night down in the region.