Loch Ard Gorge

The Loch Ard Gorge is part of Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia, about three minutes' drive west of The Twelve Apostles.

The gorge is named after the clipper Loch Ard that was shipwrecked on 1 June 1878 near the end of a three-month journey from England to Melbourne.

At least four of Loch Ard's passengers are buried nearby: Reginald Jones, Arthur Mitchell, Eva Carmichael's elder sister Raby and their mother Rebecca.

There are numerous plaques and a small museum detailing the site's history, as well as a rest area, and cemetery housing many of the people that died.

[5] This was the location for a number of scenes of the 1982 film The Pirate Movie and also the 1999 TV series Journey to the Center of the Earth with Treat Williams.

Loch Ard Gorge panorama, July 2005
Aerial views of Loch Ard Gorge and Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia.
Cemetery for the Loch Ard passengers
A portion of Loch Ard Gorge