accommodation lorne is a fine idea for those of us who wish to live in the wonderful seaside Australian settlement of Lorne. Lorne is a seaside town on Louttit Bay in Victoria, Australia. It is situated about the Erskine River and is a popular destination on the Great Ocean Road tourist route. The town has a postcode of 3232. Lorne is in the Surf Coast Shire and at the 2006 Census in Australia had a population of 967, but this figure grows during the holiday season.
Prior to European settlement, the area was occupied by the Kolakngat Aborigines.
Lorne is situated on a bay named after Captain Louttit, who sought shelter there
in 1841 while supervising the retrieval of cargo from a nearby shipwreck. The
coast was surveyed five years later in 1846. The first European settler was William
Lindsay, a timber-cutter who began felling the area in 1849. The first telegraph
arrived in 1859. Subdivision began in 1869 and in 1871 the town was named after
the Marquis of Lorne from Argyleshire in Scotland on the occasion of his marriage
to one of Queen Victoria's daughters. The Post Office opened on 29 April 1874.
In 1891, the area was visited by Rudyard Kipling who was inspired to write the
poem Flowers, which included the line:
“ Buy my hot-wood clematis,
Buy a frond of fern,
Gathered where the Erskine leaps
Down the road to
Lorne.
”
By 1922 the Great Ocean Road was extended to Lorne, making
the town much more accessible. The first passenger service to Geelong was established
in 1924 and guesthouses began to appear after 1930. The local fishing industry
expanded significantly in the 1930s and 1940s. The Ash Wednesday bushfires swept
through the area in 1983, destroying 76 houses. Tourism Popular local activities
include traditional beach pursuits such as family bathing and surfing, as well
as pier fishing for barracuda, whiting, and trevally. Teddy's Lookout lies at
the end of George Street on the town's southern outskirts and offers fine views
over the town, coastline, and Great Ocean Road. The Great Otway National Park
is nearby. The town's population swells to around 13,000 each New Year's Eve when
the Falls Festival takes place. During the first weekend of January over 20,000
spectators visit Lorne when the town hosts the 1.2 km Pier to Pub swim (described
in the Guinness Book of Records as "the largest organised ocean swim in the
world" and currently capped at 4,000 competitors), the 8km Mountain to Surf
run, and the Lorne Surf Boat Race. Terminating in Lorne on the Queen's Birthday
was the Great Otway Classic Foot Race (no longer held). Fair on the Foreshore
occurs on the first weekend in November. Lorne is also the home of the band the
Beachniks. The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Colac
& District Football League Annual events * Pier to Pub * Schoolies week (November)
* Falls Festival (New Years) * Lorne 160
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