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exploring taste – Spring/Summer 2016 places – Melbourne into the wild

melbourne history collapsed as it fell. It was 2005, when the Twelve Apostles – breath-
THE MYTH OF OCEANIA taking cliffs that rise out of the Antartic ocean, framing the iconic coast of

the state of Victoria – once again redesigned themselves, as it is, after all, in
the nature of their geological composition. Something similar had happened
Words silVia schirinzi in 1990, when one of the two arches of the natural rock formation of the
‘London Bridge’, in the same area, collapsed nearer to the coast, leaving two
people stranded on the other peak, unable to trace their steps back off the cliff.
From the recent discovery of five new submerged ‘Apostles’ in the Port Since then, the Bridge has changed its name to ‘London Arch’. The Apostles
Campbell National Park, to the world’s never-ending fascination with and the Arch are some of the attractions that comprise the panoramic route
Australian wildlife. When one of the ‘Apostles’ – a large limestone column of the Great Ocean Road, which also includes the Razorback Apostles, the
reaching up to 50m – crumbled right before the eyes of a group of tourists Island Archway, the Thunder Cave, the Bakers’ Oven Rock, the Sentinel
visiting the Port Campbell National Park of Melbourne, 20 million years of Rocks and The Grotto. Each of these formations is fighting off the same

photography William West/Getty
MELBOURNE

INTO THE WILD

Melbourne is the perfect city for those becoming familiar for the first time with Oceania: its thriving

cultural life will satisfy even the most demanding visitors. It is also the gate to Victoria State, hosting
some of the country’s most renowned natural attractions, including the Great Ocean Road and the
famous Twelve Apostles limestone stacks.
photography Richard Mikalsen

Summary
The Myth of Oceania
The Piglets, also called the "Apostles", a series of
Richard Smart, the Vine Doctor limestone stacks off the Australian coast served by the
People & Places Great Ocean Road, south of the Victoria state

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