Twelve Apostles Lookout
Infrastructure Architecture
Victoria, Australia
Parks Victoria
Project 2018 – 2025
About this project
Two striking lookouts along Victoria’s iconic Shipwreck Coast, at the Twelve Apostles and Poombeeyt Koontapool (formerly Loch Ard Gorge Blowhole), redefine how visitors experience this dramatic landscape. Designed by DCM for Parks Victoria, the designs deliver memorable experiences with deep respect for Country, culture, and environment.
Both are contemporary expressions of Indigenous culture; monotone and highlight colours reflect the black and white cockatoo moieties central to Eastern Maar society, one lookout represents clapsticks, while the other reflects the Southern Right Whale. One cantilevers dramatically over cliffs for a thrilling visitor experience at the continent’s edge, while the other is immersed in low-level landscape, wrapping around the blowhole with a wave-like organic form, concealing then revealing the site’s drama.
Responsive to cultural and environmental influences, these projects enable community to stand proudly, while inviting visitors to tread lightly, and experience culture and coastline anew.
