The Otway Ranges is a coastal place on the southern coast of Victoria. The author, Jack Loney first visited the Otways in 1930 and lives at Apollo Bay from 1953 from 1953 until 1971, during which time he gathered from many sources the information condensed into this and other books he has written about the region.
This collection of stories and reminiscences will be of interest to all who visit the area, or who have an interest in the area. Commencing with the lusty days of coastal exploration and timber cuting, the reader is then taken through the land settlements of the eighteen seventies and eighties, and on to the brink of the bustling tourist expansion of modern times.
Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Aborigines
3. On Horseback and Foot
- Skene, 1853
- Smyth and Crouchman, 1873
- Morrison, 1879-1880
- Wylie, 1968-1972
4. With the Pioneers
- Lorne Memories
- Bay Pioneers
- Early Days at Wye River
- Alfred Hampshire, 1845-1893
- George Henry Marriner and his Lookout, 1854-1931
- Fred Leorke, 1886-1968
5. Sea Tales
- Steam on the Otway Coast
- The Forgotten Wreck
- Wrecks of Mystery
6. Otway Schools
7. They were Institutions
8. Otway Council Memories
9. A Time to Remember
10. Briefly
- The Otway Cemetery
- The Forgotten Railways
- Otway Treasures
- Mystery and Imagination
- The 1936 Cable
- A Road at Last
- Dinosaur Cove
- Bushfires
11. Epilogue
12. Bibliography
