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Series Code: TIJ
Program Code: TIJ001109A
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00:10 The Great Ocean Road covers some of the most spectacular scenery 00:14 in the world. It winds past the magical Twelve Apostles, iconic 00:20 surfing beaches, stunning stretches of coastline, lush 00:25 rain forests, misty waterfalls and seaside villages. The Great 00:32 Ocean Road stretches for some 240 km along the southeastern 00:37 coast of Australia. It was built by return soldiers between 1919 00:42 and 1932 and dedicated to soldiers killed during World War 00:48 One. The road is the world's largest war memorial. Few other 00:55 roads in the world can boast 240 km of such awesome beauty as 01:00 can the Great Ocean Road. The coastline is magnificent. 01:07 But the dramatic seascapes and spectacular scenery hide a dark 01:12 secret because not only is this stretch of coastline among the 01:17 most beautiful in the world, it is also by far the most rugged, 01:22 hostile and treacherous coastline in the world. Cape 01:32 Otway Light Station is the oldest lighthouse on the 01:35 Australian mainland. It has operated continuously since 1848 01:41 Before Bass Strait was discovered by Matthew Flinders 01:44 around 1799 ships had to sail 01:48 around Tasmania taking an extra week to 10 days. But sailing the 01:53 waters between King and Flinders Islands and the mainland is 01:58 still treacherous. During the early years of European 02:06 settlement over 500 sailing ships were wrecked along this 02:10 coast. In fact, over 80 ships were lost between Cape Otway and 02:18 Port Fairy alone. So this section of the coast can well be 02:21 called the Shipwreck Coast. Virtually all of these 02:27 shipwrecks occurred in a period of about 30 years between the 02:32 mid-1800s and the early 1900s. Most of these ships sank at 02:37 night or in a howling storm. The most famous and tragic of all 02:43 these shipwrecks was the Lockard which sank just off the 02:47 fatal shores of the Shipwreck Coast here in Lockard Gorge. 02:52 There's an amazing story to be told here. Don't miss it. 02:55 ♪ ♪ 03:23 Gold was discovered in Ballarat in August 1851. It was 03:27 found here in a place ironically called Poverty Point. Within 03:34 days news of the find had spread to Melbourne and Julong. Within 03:38 weeks eager prospectors were making their way from all 03:42 corners of Australia. Within six months news had spread around 03:46 the world and people rushed here from England, Europe and 03:51 America. Nobody wanted to miss a windfall; 1852 was the year 03:57 when there was nothing but gold. ♪ fiddle music ♪ 04:06 Finding this gold was easy. Panning simply involved washing 04:12 dirt in a gold pan and as it tilted and swirled loose dirt 04:16 and gravel washed out leaving the heavier gold behind. Larger 04:23 quantities of dirt were rocked in a cradle to wash away sand 04:26 and gravel trapping the golden layer of blanket. Over 600 tons 04:32 of gold came from Ballarat' s goldfield. Ballarat also became 04:41 home to the second-largest gold nugget ever found. The massive 04:46 69 kg Welcome nugget. When this piece of gold was discovered no 04:53 scales that were capable of weighing a nugget of this size 04:56 were available. So it was broken into three pieces on an anvil. 05:01 The nugget weighed about 72 kilos. At today's gold price it 05:06 could be worth about two-and-a- half million dollars. Inspired 05:10 by the lure of gold and the promise of a new life in a new 05:14 land thousands of fortune hunters from around the world 05:19 flooded into Victoria transforming the gold fields 05:24 into some of the most cosmopolitan places on earth. 05:28 The gold fields were a topsy turvy place where men could 05:32 become rich overnight. Wealth was being extracted from the 05:37 earth in great quantities. Ballarat was one of the richest 05:41 gold fields the world has known. The gold fields became a melting 05:48 pot of humanity. Tradesmen and artisans set up shops and 05:53 established businesses to meet the needs and demands of the 05:57 miners. There were blacksmiths, candle makers, metal workers, 06:00 grocers and printers and they came from all over the world. 06:05 If you walked on the world famous Ballarat gold fields or 06:11 into the tented camps in 1854, you would hear many different 06:17 accents of a multifaceted society: Italian, Irish, Dutch, 06:22 Russian, English, German, Swiss, French, American, Canadian and 06:30 Chinese. They were fortune seekers, entertainers and 06:34 adventurers. As the alluvial gold on the surface ran out gold 06:43 seekers were forced to look further underground. Deep mining 06:48 was more difficult and dangerous. Places such as 06:52 Bendigo and Ballarat saw great concentrations of miners who 06:56 were forming partnerships and syndicates to enable them to 06:59 sink ever deeper shafts. The population expanded as more 07:04 people arrived and settled and established homes and businesses 07:09 streets and camps built on gold led to a prosperous bustling 07:14 township soon to become a fine provincial city. There was only 07:20 one way that all of these thousands of people from 07:23 overseas could get to Victoria, the gold fields and beyond and 07:31 that was by ship. The first year after gold was discovered in 07:36 Ballarat the number of ships arriving in Port Filler Bay more 07:40 than doubled. One hundred ships a day were sailing past Cape 07:44 Otway Lighthouse. After sailing over 20,000 kilometers from 07:50 Europe to Australia the final obstacle for ship captains was 07:55 the western entrance to Bass Strait. This narrow stretch of 08:05 water between Cape Otway and King Island is just 90 08:09 kilometers wide. Known as the Eye of the Needle it is 08:13 considered the most dangerous stretch of water in the world 08:17 and became an infamous graveyard for many sailing ships. The last 08:22 sailing ship to lose passengers at the entrance was perhaps 08:25 the most famous and the most tragic. The Lockard left Grazing 08:32 the Port of London for Melbourne on the 2nd of March 1878 under 08:38 the command of Captain George Gibb a newly married 29-year-old 08:42 The Lockard belonged to the best known fleet of sailing ships of 08:46 the Australian run at the time. The Lockline Company was founded 08:50 in Glasgow in 1867. There were 23 Lockline ships. Of these 16 08:58 met a tragic end. On this fourth trip to Australia the Lockard 09:04 carried a general cargo which reflected the affluence of 09:07 Melbourne at the time built on the wealth from the gold fields. 09:11 On board were perfumes, grand pianos, crystal chandeliers, 09:15 clocks and marble goods as well as a heavy load of industrial 09:21 items such as railway irons, cement, lead and copper. Aboard 09:26 the Lockard carried 54 people, a crew of 36 and 18 passengers, 09:31 most traveling first class. Nearly half or the passengers 09:35 belonged to one family, the Carmichaels. Dr. Carmichael, his 09:40 wife, four daughters and two sons were migrating and planning 09:45 to start a new life in Australia To celebrate his love for his 09:50 wife Dr. Carmichael had recently given her an expensive gift, a 09:55 James McKay watch that had originally been intended as a 09:59 gift for King George IV on his visit to Dublin in 1821. This 10:05 precious watch was taken aboard the Lockard and traveled with 10:09 the Carmichaels on their journey to Australia. After 90 days of 10:14 sailing that had taken the Lockard across the Atlantic, 10:18 through the tropical doldrums and far south into the iceberg 10:22 laden waters of the Southern Ocean. The passengers expected 10:27 to arrive in Melbourne the next day. That evening they 10:30 celebrated their pleasant journey and held an end of 10:34 voyage party. But there was one last challenge to overcome. They 10:40 must thread the Eye of the Needle as they approached the 10:43 dreaded shipwreck coast. There was thick fog and visibility was 10:48 poor. Captain Gibb was anxious as they he couldn't see the Cape 10:52 Otway lighthouse and so was uncertain as to how close he was 10:57 running to the coast. It was thought they were about 240 11:04 kilometers southwest of Cape Otway, a fatal miscalculation. 11:08 Concerned for the ship's safety, he stayed on deck throughout the 11:11 night with Tom Pierce, an apprentice sailor. At 4 A.M. the 11:17 got lifted and the lookout cried that he could see breakers. Then 11:21 the dreaded pale cliffs of the Shipwreck Coast came into view 11:24 and Captain Gibb realized that the ship was much closer to them 11:28 than expected. The Lockard had missed the Eye of the Needle. 11:34 Realizing the danger Captain Gibb immediately set full sail to 11:40 turn the Lockard away from the cliffs and out to sea. But wind 11:44 and current carried the ship toward the cliffs. Sails were 11:48 lowered and anchors dropped in an attempt to hold the ship's 11:52 position. But the anchors didn't hold and dragged across the 11:56 ocean floor. By this time Lockard was among the breakers 12:01 and the tall cliffs of Muttonbird Island rose behind 12:06 the ship. In a final disparate attempt the anchors were cut and 12:10 sails again raised. The ship began to make headway nearly 12:14 clearing the cliffs. But the bow struck a shallow reef 12:18 running out from Muttonbird Island and stuck fast. It was 12:24 doomed on the fatal shores of the Shipwreck Coast. Waves broke 12:29 over the ship and the top deck was loosened from the hull. 12:34 Water flooded the cabins. The passengers screamed in terror 12:38 the ship began to disintegrate. The mast and rigging came 12:42 crashing down knocking passengers and crew overboard. 12:46 There was pandemonium as the crew struggled to launch the 12:50 life boats. When one was finally launched it crashed into the side 12:55 of the Lockard and capsized. Tom Pierce, the young ship's 13:00 apprentice who launched the life boat managed to cling to its 13:04 overturned hull and sheltered beneath it for hours. He drifted 13:08 out to sea and then when the tide turned at dawn he was swept 13:12 into what is now known as Lockard Gorge. He left the boat 13:17 and swam to shore, bruised and dazed he found a cave in which 13:22 to shelter. He was all alone. Some of the crew and passengers 13:35 stayed below deck to shelter from the falling rigging but 13:38 drowned when the ship slid off the reef and sank into deeper 13:43 water. Eva Carmichael, the second daughter of Dr. and Mrs. 13:47 Carmichael had raced onto deck to find out what was happening 13:52 only to be confronted by towering cliffs looming above 13:57 the stricken ship. In all the chaos Captain Gibb grabbed Eva 14:03 and said, If you are saved, Eva, let my dear wife know that I 14:08 stood by my ship to the last and went down with her and died 14:13 like a true sailor. That was the last Eva saw of Captain Gibb. 14:19 She was swept off the ship by a huge wave. Eva couldn't swim 14:27 and clung fiercely to a piece of broken mast. For five hours she 14:32 held on desperately fighting for life. Finally, she was swept 14:37 toward the Gorge by the incoming tide. At the long 14:42 narrow entrance to the gorge Eva's mast jammed against some 14:48 rocks. She was exhausted and only semiconscious. In the 14:52 distance she saw Tom Pierce on the beach and called out for 14:56 help. Tom heard her weak cries. He was badly bruised and cut by 15:02 wreckage but he didn't hesitate. He dived into the dangerous 15:07 waters and swam out to rescue Eva. He struggled for an hour 15:11 to reach Eva and with great difficulty dragged her safely 15:17 ashore. Tom carried Eva to the cave and made a bed of grass and 15:23 shrubs for the unconscious woman and did all he could to make her 15:28 comfortable. Tom then returned to the shore to look for the 15:33 survivors but there was no sign of life on that fatal shore. He 15:37 saw only piles of wreckage. Tom realized that he must reach 15:44 civilization and find help if they were to survive and so a 15:48 few hours later with great difficulty he climbed the steep 15:51 cliffs of the gorge and set out in search of help. He followed 15:58 hoof prints and came upon two stockmen from nearby Glenample 16:02 Homestead. About 5 km away in a state of exhaustion he told 16:07 the men of the tragedy. They road back to the homestead for 16:11 help. But Tom insisted on returning to Eva. After a 16:17 miraculous rescue with great difficulty Eva was hauled up the 16:22 cliff and carried to the safety of the Glenample Homestead There 16:28 with much care and attention the two shipwreck survivors 16:32 gradually recovered and were nursed back to health. Tom and 16:37 Eva were the only two survivors of the 54 people on board the 16:42 Lockard. All the other passengers and crew perished. 16:46 Eva lost her parents, three sisters and two brothers. 16:54 Despite heroic efforts only five bodies were ever recovered from 16:58 the wreck of the Lockard and four of them are buried here in 17:02 this Kistop Cemetery above Lockard Gorge. The fifth was 17:07 buried on the beach where it was discovered. The bodies of 17:11 Mrs. Carmichael and Eva's older sister Raby were among those 17:15 recovered. The precious watch given to her by her husband was 17:19 found on Mrs. Carmichael's body along with a locket. Today we 17:23 can only guess at the actions of Mrs. Carmichael in the chaos and 17:28 darkness of the shipwreck. Perhaps the two items that she 17:31 clung to, the watch and the locket, reminded of those she 17:35 held most dear, her husband and her family. Eva was devastated 17:43 by the loss of her entire family on that fatal shore. She was now 17:48 alone in a foreign land and longed for her extended family 17:52 back in Ireland. However she was devoted to Tom and forever 17:56 grateful to him for rescuing her. On several occasions she 18:01 embarrassed him by embracing him in public and exclaiming, My 18:06 savior! Tom Pierce became a national hero and was awarded 18:12 the gold medal of the Humane Society in front of 5,000 people 18:17 on June the 20th 1878 at the Melbourne Town Hall. 18:22 The romantic sentiment of the time was that Eva and Tom should 18:26 marry, but this was not to be. Within three months Eva had 18:32 returned to Ireland and they never saw each other again. 18:37 What a remarkable rescue. A young man, bruised and battered 18:48 risks his life and returns to the dangerous ocean to save a 18:52 young woman in distress and near death. We love rescue 18:58 stories and we love heroes. They stir our emotions. Some of the 19:04 most dramatic, amazing and exciting rescue stories ever are 19:08 found in the Bible. The stories of Daniel, Noah, Jonah, Joseph, 19:14 Rahab and others have been shared, told and loved for 19:18 generations. They never lose their appeal and are as popular 19:22 as ever today. Rescue is one of the most important things in the 19:28 Bible. In fact, the Bible is one big story of God's rescue plan 19:33 and it takes the whole Bible to tell this story. Listen to 19:38 Psalm 91 verse 14: 19:48 And here's another example in Psalm 144 and verse 7: 20:13 Here's another rescue text in 2 Timothy chapter 4 and verse 18 20:30 Yes, rescue is one of the most important things in the Bible 20:36 and lies beneath all of the stories in the Bible. But the 20:40 most amazing and incredible story is when Jesus Christ 20:44 rescued you and me. We are part of the greatest rescue story and 20:50 he is our rescuer. In a sense we're all in a shipwreck 20:56 situation. Ever since Satan deceived our first parents, Adam 20:59 and Eve and enticed them to sin and rebel against God we've been 21:05 doomed, drowning. Sin entered the world. Rejection of God 21:09 brought separation and enslavement to evil and death 21:14 because the Bible tells us in Romans chapter 6 and verse 23: 21:21 So we're doomed, dying, drowning because of our sin. God could 21:27 have abandoned us to our fate but he didn't. God is love and 21:33 his love for us is too great. He was determined to rescue us 21:38 whatever the cost. God's love for us was so great that he just 21:43 had to rescue us. And so Jesus Christ came on a rescue mission 21:48 from heaven to earth to rescue each one of us. He alone was 21:52 able to rescue the human race. As the most famous verse in the 21:56 Bible says, John chapter 3 and verse 16: 22:09 Yes, two thousand years ago Jesus came to earth on a rescue 22:17 mission. On the shores of Galilee, in the streets of 22:20 Jerusalem, in the homes and at the market places he searched 22:25 and rescued. That's why Jesus came to this earth as we read in 22:30 Luke chapter 19 and verse 10: 22:35 When he pulled Peter from the stormy waters of the Sea of 22:40 Galilee, when he healed the blind man at Jericho, he was 22:43 lovingly rescuing people as part of God's great rescue plan. And 22:48 there were many others, a leper, a prostitute, a hated tax man, 22:53 religious people, rich people and poor people. Today Jesus is 23:01 still seeking and rescuing the lost and calling men and women, 23:05 boys and girls everywhere and offering to take them to a place 23:08 of peace and safety. If you feel you are drowning under the 23:12 burdens of life, if you are being tossed about in a stormy 23:16 sea of despair and heartache, if you are being blown around by 23:20 the winds of strife and pain, then remember Jesus offers 23:26 security, happiness and fulfillment and what a great 23:30 difference that makes to a person's life. If you would like 23:34 to experience that difference in your life, if you would like 23:37 to be part of the greatest rescue story and have Jesus 23:40 rescue you, why not ask him right now as we pray? 23:46 Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for your love and goodness to 23:52 us. The Bible is one big story of your rescue plan and it takes 23:57 the whole Bible to tell this story, the story of our rescue. 24:02 And in this story Jesus is always at the center because 24:06 he is our rescuer. Father we're often buffeted by the winds and 24:12 storms of life. Thank you for loving us so much and for 24:17 Jesus to rescue us. We want to be part of your rescue plan and 24:23 have you save us and take us to a place of safety and security 24:29 in Jesus. We ask this in Jesus' name, Amen. 24:33 ♪ ♪ 24:52 We all love rescue stories and we all love heroes. They stir 24:57 our emotions. Some of the most dramatic, amazing and exciting 25:02 rescue stories ever are found in the Bible. The stories of Daniel 25:08 Noah, Jonah, Joseph, Rahab and others have been shared, told 25:14 and loved for generations. They never lose their appeal and are 25:18 as popular today as ever. But the most amazing and incredible 25:25 story is when Jesus Christ rescued you and me. We are part 25:30 of the greatest rescue story and he is our rescuer. 25:34 Jesus offers 25:36 security, happiness and fulfillment and what a great 25:41 difference that makes to our lives. If you'd like to 25:43 experience that difference in your life, I'd like to recommend 25:47 a free gift we have for all our viewers today. 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The Incredible Journey 27:25 truly is television that changes lives. Until next week remember 27:31 the ultimate destination of life's journey. Now I saw a new 27:36 heaven and a new earth. And God will wipe away every tear from 27:40 their eyes. There shall be no more death nor sorrow nor crying 27:44 There shall be no more pain for the former things have 27:48 passed away. 27:50 ♪ ♪ |
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