Approximately 140 km out of Melbourne (Australia), along one of the most beautiful scenic drives in the world, lies the small town of Lorne.
Graham was just standing in to help out because the shop was busy he said. When not helping out at the Lorne Fishing Co-op he is a Massage Therapist and a retired Latin Teacher.
Lorne is located alongside the magnificent Great Ocean Road and before European settlement belonged to the Aboriginal People of the Gadubanud, who called the Cape Otway coast their home.
Sam Coulson stands on one of the greens at the Lorne Bowls Club where he has been President for a number of years. At a meeting 4 days later he stepped down to let a new President be elected.
The first European, named John Louttit, arrived in 1841 . He sought shelter while supervising the retrieval of cargo of a nearby shipwreck. The first European settler was William Lindsay, a timber-cutter who began felling the area in 1849.
Players from the Lorne Football Club reserves side in the change room post match get their injuries patched up and discuss the match.
25 years later, on 29 April 1874, the Post Office of Lorne officially opened. By 1922 the Great Ocean Road was extended, making Lorne more accessible for tourists.
The Lorne Surf Life Saving Club sits quiet and empty during the winter months aside from a few school Surf Camps that come through from time to time.
The first guesthouses started to appear after 1930. Today Lorne has a population of 1000. Although, around New Year's Eve and the first week of January the towns population can rise up to 20.000 when the Falls Festival and the Pier to Pub swim take place.
A couple of ladies take a dog for a walk as the afternoon sun gets low in the sky and the shadows get longer.
This beautiful Series by Greg Briggs shows Lorne and its residents once the tourists have left and the town, once again becomes a calm, relaxed and quite place along the Cape Otway Coast.
An elderly couple visiting their family from India pose for a photo on the beach. He explains how worried he was about how they would be received in Australia and how impressed he has been with the welcoming and warmth towards them.
Christos Raskatos is a bit of a local legend. He has worked at the fishing Co-op since the day dot and he is also the local poet. Almost daily he scrawls another poem on the chalk board out the front of the shop.
There is quite a large population of Cockatoo's in Lorne and they are loved by tourists and visitors and loathed by the locals. As much of a cute unique attraction they are for tourists they unfortunately have a destructive effect on trees and property within the town.
A lady on crutches crosses the road as a double rainbow forms in the sky behind her.
Photography by Greg Briggs
written by Niklas Passmann