Editing Great Ocean Road (section)

===Construction===
[[File:Great ocean road.jpg|thumb|right|Great Ocean Road]]

Construction began on 19 September 1919. Approximately 3,000 [[Digger (soldier)|returned servicemen]] worked on the project, which was a war memorial for servicemen killed in World War I. The advance survey team progressed through dense scrub at a rate of approximately three kilometres a month. Construction was mostly by hand, using explosives, pick and shovel, wheelbarrows, and some small machinery,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goggin |first1=Eleanor |title=Surfing the vineyards on the Ocean Road |url=http://www.independent.ie/travel/travel-destinations/surfing-the-vineyards-on-the-ocean-road-2200613.html |access-date=2022-08-15 |work=Sunday Independent |publisher=Independent.ie |date=2010-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604010555/http://www.independent.ie/travel/travel-destinations/surfing-the-vineyards-on-the-ocean-road-2200613.html |archive-date=2010-06-04}}</ref><ref name="moment" /> and was at times perilous, with several workers being killed. The final sections, along steep coastal cliffs, were the most difficult to work on. Anecdotal evidence from [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] archives in 1982 suggested workers would rest [[detonator]]s on their knees during travel, because it gave the explosives the softest ride.<ref name="moment" />

Workers were paid 10 [[shillings]] and [[sixpence (Australian)|sixpence]] for an eight-hour day, also working a half-day on Saturdays. They were accommodated in tents, and were provided with meals in a communal dining marquee. Food cost up to 10 shillings a week. Despite the isolation of the camps, the workers had access to a piano, gramophone, games, newspapers and magazines.

In 1924, the [[steamship|coastal steamer]] ''Casino'' became stranded near Cape Patton, after having hit a reef at Point Hawdon, near the [[Grey River (Victoria)|Grey River]]. Legend has it that 500 barrels of beer and 120 cases of spirits were jettisoned and that road workers salvaged them, resulting in an unscheduled two-week-long drinking break. However, [[Museums Victoria]] notes only that most of the cargo, largely composed of [[Christmas]] goods, was dumped into the sea.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://victoriancollections.net.au:8080/items/521606eb19403a17c4ba1182|title=Photograph – Victorian Collections|website=victoriancollections.net.au|access-date=2019-05-14}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ''[[The Age]]'' reported that, "The Great Ocean-road [sic] proved a boon to the passengers, who were enabled without much inconvenience to reach Wood's farm house, [[Apollo Bay]]. However, if the road were finished, the vessel's cargo could be safely conveyed to either Apollo Bay, the [[Wye River, Victoria|Wye River]], or Lorne."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newspapers.com/clip/31574169/1924_wreck_of_casino/ |title=S. Casino Still Aground: Position Precarious |date=23 October 1924 |via=Newspapers.com |work=The Age |language=en |access-date=2019-05-14}}{{free access}}</ref>