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The
Port Campbell National Park is 285 km
from Melbourne via the Great Ocean Road and 240 km from Melbourne
via Colac, Camperdown, Cobden and Timboon. Situated between Princetown
and Peterborough with Port Campbell in the middle, the unique limestone
formations and sheer cliffs that make up the Port Campbell National Park
are some of the best- known landmarks in Australia. The Port Campbell
National Park was established in 1964 and covers 1750 hectares of this
famous coast.
For
Millions of years the soft limestone of the cliffs around Port Campbell
have been weathered and worn by the harsh Southern Ocean. As a result,
the cliffs have been sculptured into a series of gorges, arches, islands
and blowholes. The best known of these features are London Bridge,
Twelve Apostles, Loch Ard Gorge, and the Arch, but these are only some
of the many unusual sculptures that the sea has created.
The
Coast, estuaries, heath and woodland of the park provide habitats for many
different birds, To date more than 152 species have been recorded in the
park; some can be found all year, some are seasonal, and others are rarely
seen. Some of the species you may encounter are the Swamp Harrier, Australian
Gannet, white Goshawk, Short tailed Shearwater and singing Honeyeater.There
is a small colony of fairy penguins near London Bridge. Mutton Bird Island
near Loch Ard Gorge is an important rock formation and nesting place for
different bird species.