Shipwreck coast to get $150m tourist complex

Parks Victoria is planning to build a $150 million Great Ocean Road interpretive centre at Loch Ard Gorge, the site of one of Australia's most famous shipwrecks. The centre, believed to be three storeys high, will transform the stretch of road near the gorge, east of Port Campbell. It will dwarf the visitor centre located opposite the Twelve Apostles, which cost $5.5 million when it was built nine years ago. With the annual number of Great Ocean Road visitors tipped to double to almost 3.5 million in coming years, regional tourism group Shipwreck Coast Marketing said the centre would be a must-see tourist destination.

Source: Sunday Age