Great Ocean Road Country – Geelong to Port Fairy (Grave Tales)

In cemeteries throughout Australia gravestones hint at our history - tales of early settlement unsolved murders love lost mystery tragedy health epidemics scandal and sacrifice. Grave Tales reveals more than the headstone can ever convey by tracing the tumultuous journeys that lead to these final resting places. Grave Tales: Great Ocean Road Country - Geelong to Port Fairy visits established cemeteries and burial places off-the-beaten-track to feature people who willingly or unwillingly were participants in events that made local and national headlines. They may have lived in the same suburbs streets and even the same houses as exist now or unexpectantly came to rest between Geelong and Port Fairy.Meet the ladies of the lighthouse who led an isolated life; the unionist shot in an affray; the stage actor whose career ended too soon; the men who sighted the fabled Mahogany Ship; the two survivors of a shipwreck that everyone wanted to see married but it wasnt to be; the inventor of the Ute and what inspired his unusual design; and the lady who rests in a donated isolated beach grave.These are just some of the stories from the grave in the second book in the Grave Tales series incorporating Geelong Lorne Apollo Bay Cape Otway Loch Ard Gorge Warrnambool Tower Hill and Port Fairy.