Great
Ocean
Road
Fairhaven to Lorne Section
Great
Ocean Road
Satellite Image Fairhaven to Lorne
Eastern
view
is the beach in front of light green
area in top right hand corner
of the image. Just past Eastern View
you can see the Great Ocean Road
hugging
the cliffs until it drops down to
the water. Lorne is located in
middle
bottom portion of the image on the
Great Ocean Road. On the close hill
above Lorne you can see
the fairways of the Lorne Golf club.
Approximately half way down the
left hand side of the image you can
see the Back road into Lorne
snaking down the Otway Ranges
Fairhaven to Lorne
Road Video
Aerial Video
Aerial Photos
Fairhaven to Lorne aerial
Picture Gallery
Lorne
Eastern View&Lookouts
Things to Do
and See
Fairhaven Lorne
Shops Fuel
Eating Accommodation Fairhaven
Lorne
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Great
Ocean Road Facts
Fairhaven to Lorne
The Great Ocean Road memorial
arch is
located 3.5 kilometres passed the Fairhaven Surf Life saving
Club.
An unusal house mounted on a
centre
column is located on the right hand side of the Great Ocean
Road just
past the Fairhaven Surf Club.
Big Hill is located 8.4
kilometres
past Fairhaven and is 95 metres above sea level. It is one
of the
highest points on the Great Ocean Road where it is close to
the sea.
Between Fairhaven and Lorne
there are
some excellent lookouts including Eastern View beach ,Devils
Elbow ,
Cinema Point and Big Hill.
Lorne is located on the Great
Ocean
Road and is home to approximately 1300 people.
Erskine Water Falls and Teddy's lookout are two must see
features at
Lorne.
Fairhaven has an excellent surf beach for experienced
surfers.
Lorne surf beach is good for average surfers.
Lorne was first settled in 1849 by timber cutters exploiting
the
forests of the Otway Ranges.
In 1859 Lornes communication with the outside world
improved with
the installation of a telegraph station.
Lorne's famous Erskine House started life as the home of the
Mountjoy
brothers who started farming in Lorne in 1864 and converted
it to a
holiday hotel in 1868. Mountjoy Parade is named after these
founding
fathers.
Lorne's Mountjoy Parade is that part of the Great Ocean Road
from
Erskine river to the first hotel leaving Lorne.
The township of Lorne was established in 1871.
The Lorne pier was started in 1876 and the Lorne school was
established
in 1879.
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Great Ocean Road Facts