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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Stephanie Convery

Pay per view: Victoria wants to charge visitors to see the Twelve Apostles – will it become like Stonehenge?

A general view of the Twelve Apostles along the Great Ocean Road
About 2.2 million people visit the Twelve Apostles every year, and the government expects that to increase to 3 million a year by 2032. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

How much is a view worth? The Victorian public is asking itself that question after the state government announced on Monday that it would impose visitor fees on one of its most spectacular landmarks, the Twelve Apostles.

Bookings would be required and a fee payable for parking and access to the $126m Twelve Apostles Visitor Centre, the gateway to the main viewing decks for the famous sea stacks – columns of remnant rock from the eroded Victorian coastline, visible along the winding, 240km-long Great Ocean Road.

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