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Panoramic views from Mount Defiance Lookout on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia. Mount Defiance Lookout is just under 10 kilometres southwest of Lorne along a windy stretch of the famous coastal road. According to the tale of William Buckley it was here where the escapee of the Sullivan's Bay penal settlement found his first permanent resting place in 1804 and where he made first contact with local Aborigines.
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Victoria is Australia's second smallest State and covers only 3% of Australia's land area but has the second highest population of all States and Territories. Victoria's mainland and islands have a total length of 2,512 kilometres coastline which is about 4.2% of Australia's 59,736 kilometres of coastline. Australia is the driest inhabited continent and Victoria is no exception although the state capital Melbourne has the reputation to have 4 seasons in one day. Victoria is located in the southeast of mainland Australia and includes the most southern point on mainland Australia at Wilsons Promontory National Park.
