Port Campbell National Park, Australia (with Map & Photos)

Port Campbell National Park is a protected area in Victoria, Australia, located 190 kilometers from Melbourne. It consists of unusual formations, gorges and arches.

Port Campbell National Park
Port Campbell National Park

The park was previously an area of ​​approximately 700 hectares and was founded in 1964 to protect limestone formations. After about 20 years, its area was more than doubled. The limestone that forms the rocks in this area is more than 26 million years old, then everything was under water. Then, under the influence of temperature, humidity, wind and waves, this natural landmark gradually grew here.

Port Campbell National Park
Port Campbell National Park

This is a very beautiful location for photographs, since all the necessary elements are present here: a view of the endless ocean, bright rocks of various shapes, unusual representatives of the animal and plant worlds. Port Campbell is a must visit in Australia.

Port Campbell National Park
Port Campbell National Park

Getting to the attraction is not easy. There are no direct routes, only rent a car or hire a transfer (quite expensive). You can use the routes with transfers: the cheapest are train and bus. By train from SouthernCross station we move to Geelong, then by bus to TregeaSt.

Port Campbell National Park
Twelve Apostles, Port Campbell National Park

Port Campbell is a national park located 190 km southwest of Melbourne. The peculiarity of this national park lies in its coastline. Along the entire coast, for hundreds of kilometers, bizarrely shaped rocky islands in the form of pillars, wedges, grottoes, chimneys and arches are scattered. But the most picturesque place in the national park is the place called the Twelve Apostles.

Port Campbell National Park Map