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Great Ocean Road Memorial Arch - VIC

Great Ocean Road Memorial Arch

Monument to the workers

Sculpture depicting the project

Houses overlook the arch

Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -38.471951 144.044506

DMS: 38º 28' 19.02" S 144º 02' 40.24" E

UTM: 55 H 5737680mN 242161mE

Altitude: 10.36m

Address & Contact

721 Great Ocean Rd
Eastern View VIC 3231

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: https://visitgreatoceanroad.org.au/qr-trail/memorial-arch

Information

The Great Ocean Road Memorial Arch was built in honour of the 3,000 returned soldiers who worked on the road and its creation after World War I. The project commenced in1919 and the 243 kilometres stretch of road was completed in 1932. A sculpture of two returned soldiers working on the Great Ocean Road was commissioned to commemorate the road’s 75th anniversary. It is mounted at the side of the arch. It is in part a memorial to those who lost their lives while working on the project. The road itself was built as a memorial for all those who lost their lives in the war. It is the longest war memorial in the world and extends from the town of Torquay to Allenstown.The Memorial Arch is made out of wood, with the sides being made out of stone and concrete for support. The first arch that was erected in 1939 and weighed in at 50 tonnes. It has been replaced on a number of occasions due to events like bush fires and road accidents that damaged the structure that was there at the time.The parking area at the arch is a popular stopping point for those wishing to photograph the structure and to stand in remembrance of the men who not only survived World War One but laboured on this huge manual task, completed long before the advent of modern road machinery and construction methods.

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Closest Weather Station

Aireys Inlet at 17/12:00am EST

Distance from Great Ocean Road Memorial Arch 4.1km E

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
8.5°C	4.6°C	90%	7.0°C	hPa	6.2mm	NW	17km/hr 9knots	33km/hr 18knots

Closest Climatic Station

Aireys Inlet

Distance from Great Ocean Road Memorial Arch 4.1km E

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	22.7	22.9	21.3	19.0	16.1	13.8	13.3	14.4	16.1	17.9	19.6	21.0
Mean Min. °C	13.9	14.7	13.4	11.5	9.8	8.1	7.3	7.4	8.1	9.2	11.0	12.2
Mean Rain mm	38.3	37.0	34.2	49.0	50.3	60.9	66.8	67.7	57.5	61.5	61.3	40.4