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You will need to be fairly accurate with naming this location.



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Reply By: Geoff K4 - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 08:44

Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 08:44
It's the sea.
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Follow Up By: Member - McLaren3030 - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 08:49

Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 08:49
Very funny Geoff, but I did say you would need to be specific with the location, given that there is more than one sea on the globe. LOL.

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Reply By: Mick O - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 09:05

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Somewhere along the Great Ocean Road Macca? Can't be more specific as the photos that I think it is are not digital and buried in the shed. :-)
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Follow Up By: Member - McLaren3030 - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 09:14

Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 09:14
Hi Mick,

Well you have the regional location correct, somewhere along the Great Ocean Road, but it is a pretty long road. As a hint, this particular spot is popular with surfers.

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Follow Up By: Member - McLaren3030 - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 09:28

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If you “cheat” and “goggle” the location you think it is, the photo on “google maps” is very similar to my photo.

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Follow Up By: Mick O - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 11:24

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Cumberland Beach?
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Follow Up By: Member - McLaren3030 - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 11:52

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Sorry Mick O, not Cumberland Beach.

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Reply By: Frank P (NSW) - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 11:13

Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 11:13
Lorne, on the Great Ocean Road?
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Follow Up By: Member - McLaren3030 - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 11:20

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Sorry Frank, not Lorne.

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Reply By: flipje - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 11:20

Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 11:20
Bells beach perhaps ??
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Follow Up By: Member - McLaren3030 - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 11:25

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Sorry flipje, not Bells Beach.

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Reply By: Member BarryG - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 11:41

Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 11:41
Like Mick O said - Cumberland River Beach?
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Follow Up By: Member - McLaren3030 - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 13:37

Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 13:37
Sorry BarryG, not Cumberland beach.

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Reply By: Member BarryG - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 11:47

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Macca,

Took a fair bit of "goggling", but I am pretty sure it is Smythe Creek, and the low headland in the far distance would be Apollo Bay.

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Follow Up By: Member - McLaren3030 - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 11:53

Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 11:53
Well done BarryG, you got it. I thought the google hint might make it a bit easier.

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Reply By: Member - McLaren3030 - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 11:59

Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 11:59
Let's try another one.



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Follow Up By: Member - ACD 1 - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 12:09

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I would say Algebukina Bridge...

...but I can't remember a tree behind the car when I was there. It could have grown in the last few years though.

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Follow Up By: Member - McLaren3030 - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 12:15

Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 12:15
Got it in one Anthony, well done.

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Follow Up By: Zippo - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 12:30

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Crikey, with >40,000 wrecks strewn all over this great country, the man recognises it!! Give the man a beer (and NOT a case of Corona...).
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Follow Up By: Member - ACD 1 - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 13:14

Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 13:14
To be honest, the only reason I remember the car is that I spent a considerable amount of time looking at it - trying to avoid another traveller who was so obnoxious I wanted to throw him of the bridge.

An 8 month holiday and I only came across 2 individuals I wanted to cause a mischief too!

The other was an American anthropologist who knew it all and she was happy to tell you! Totally stuffed our campfire at Koonalda Homestead.

On the car, i am pretty sure there was a sticker of a "Fish" on it that a traveller was using to mark all the places he/she visited. If you saw one you will remember it - we saw them all over Oz.

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Follow Up By: Member - McLaren3030 - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 13:42

Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 13:42
If you have been to Algebuckina Bridge, and camped there, it is fairly easily recognised. The history surrounding the wrecked car is that when the “old” Ghan line was still in operation, the car was left on the tracks, can’t remember if accidentally or on purpose, but it was struck by the train and pushed off the tracks. It has never been removed, and is still there to this day.

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Follow Up By: Member - ACD 1 - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 13:59

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From memory Macca...

The river was flooded so the driver of the car tried to use the Bridge to cross. As he crossed, the train was coming in the opposite direction and he bailed. The result is the photo!

I have got a photo of the story plaque at the bridge - will see if i can dig it up.

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Follow Up By: Mick O - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 14:16

Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 14:16
Anthony what you saw was a stencil from "The Carp".

I'd love to meet "The Carp" because he turns up in the lot of places I do. He has left his little mark all over Australia particularly on the backs of road signs.

His stencils are usually a lot smaller than this one.

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Follow Up By: Member - ACD 1 - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 16:12

Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 16:12
That’s the one Mick.

We were seeing them all over the place as we went around.

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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 16:53

Thursday, Apr 02, 2020 at 16:53
Archived Thread -

Who is the Carp

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Follow Up By: Candace S. - Saturday, Apr 04, 2020 at 06:05

Saturday, Apr 04, 2020 at 06:05
While I have certainly seen "The Carp" stickers in various places, I don't recall ever seeing a painted stencil.
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Reply By: alex n2 - Friday, Apr 03, 2020 at 00:00

Friday, Apr 03, 2020 at 00:00
It's the sea.
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Follow Up By: Member - McLaren3030 - Friday, Apr 03, 2020 at 20:32

Friday, Apr 03, 2020 at 20:32
Yes, but which one [:-). Alex, did you read any of the other responses?

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