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These are the people that perform rescues along the Great Ocean Road - and why they choose to be the guardians of the cliffs
Guardians of the Cliffs is a five-part episodic story about the day the London Bridge rock formation on the Great Ocean Road collapsed with two tourists standing on it - and the people of Port Campbell, who've been rescuing people for over 100…
Duration: 14 minutes 58 seconds
Published: Source: ABC South West VicTopic: Historyby Emily Bissland
Meet the 'Rocket Squad': twelve men who came together to save stranded shipwreck survivors, including those on the notorious Loch Ard
Guardians of the Cliffs is a five-part episodic story about the day the London Bridge rock formation on the Great Ocean Road collapsed with two tourists standing on it - and the people of Port Campbell, who've been rescuing people for over 100…
Duration: 10 minutes 7 seconds
Published: Source: ABC South West VicTopic: Historyby Emily Bissland
After 35 years, meet the two tourists who were trapped on London Bridge the day it fell
A five-part episodic story about the day the London Bridge on the Great Ocean Road collapsed with two tourists standing on it - told by the community of Port Campbell, who've been rescuing people for over 100 years.
Duration: 13 minutes 18 seconds
Published: Source: ABC South West VicTopic: Historyby Emily Bissland
It's 35 years since London Bridge fell down. Before it fell, it was an extraordinary natural formation
The five-part audio series Guardians of the Cliffs is the story of rescue and tragedy in the close-knit, cliff-side community of Port Campbell. Episode 1 recalls London Bridge before it collapsed, as a stunning natural formation.
Duration: 11 minutes 28 seconds
Published: Source: ABC South West VicTopic: Historyby Emily Bissland
Local Port Campbell rescuers tell what happened in their tiny town the day London Bridge collapsed
The five-part audio series Guardians of the Cliffs is the story of rescue and tragedy in the close-knit, cliff-side community of Port Campbell.
Duration: 12 minutes 5 seconds
Published: Source: ABC South West VicTopic: Historyby Emily Bissland
London plane trees to be cut down in main street of Victorian city
Twenty-five London plane trees are set to be removed from Hamilton after they were found to be causing problems with local infrastructure.
Published: Source: ABC BallaratTopic: Urban Development and Planningby Coco Veldkamp
Four killed in Victorian crash may have been farm workers, police say
Four passengers in a van, who are yet to be formally identified, died at the scene, north of Shepparton in Victoria. Five injured people, including three children and the male driver, were taken to various hospitals.
Published: Source: ABC Goulburn MurrayTopic: Road Accidents and Incidentsby Charmaine Manuel and Ashlee Aldridge
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These are the people that perform rescues along the Great Ocean Road - and why they choose to be the guardians of the cliffs
Guardians of the Cliffs is a five-part episodic story about the day the London Bridge rock formation on the Great Ocean Road collapsed with two tourists standing on it - and the people of Port Campbell, who've been rescuing people for over 100…
Duration: 14 minutes 58 seconds
Source: ABC South West VicTopic: Historyby Emily Bissland
Meet the 'Rocket Squad': twelve men who came together to save stranded shipwreck survivors, including those on the notorious Loch Ard
Guardians of the Cliffs is a five-part episodic story about the day the London Bridge rock formation on the Great Ocean Road collapsed with two tourists standing on it - and the people of Port Campbell, who've been rescuing people for over 100…
Duration: 10 minutes 7 seconds
Source: ABC South West VicTopic: Historyby Emily Bissland
After 35 years, meet the two tourists who were trapped on London Bridge the day it fell
A five-part episodic story about the day the London Bridge on the Great Ocean Road collapsed with two tourists standing on it - told by the community of Port Campbell, who've been rescuing people for over 100 years.
Duration: 13 minutes 18 seconds
Source: ABC South West VicTopic: Historyby Emily Bissland
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Duration: 34 seconds
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Source: ABC South West VicTopic: Human Interestby Emily Bissland
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Source: ABC South West VicTopic: Domestic Violenceby Jean Bell and Olivia Sanders
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Published: Source: ABC EmergencyTopic: Bushfires
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Source: ABC NewsTopic: Cricket
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Duration: 1 minute 18 seconds
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Ashes
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Source: ABC Central VictoriaTopic: Water Skiing
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Source: ABC NewsTopic: Christmas
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Source: ABC NewsTopic: Police
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Source: ABC NewsTopic: Weatherby Gian De Poloni, Scout Wallen, Rebecca Trigger and Kelsey Reid
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Source: ABC Goulburn MurrayTopic: Public Transportby Ethan Seiderman and Philippe Perez
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Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Royalty
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Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Christmas
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Duration: 14 seconds
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Construction (Assembling)by Lottie Twyford
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Duration: 10 seconds
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Bushfiresby Bridget McArthur, Madigan Landry and Gian De Poloni