Lorne World War II Spotters

“Lorne citizens manned an official spotting station in the recreation hall at the Queens Park Caravan site. A telephone system reported all shipping and aircraft movements to headquarters in Melbourne and to assist the operation the walls were lined with shipping and aircraft identification posters. The volunteers, both men and women, kept this vital service going 24 hours a day right through the war years and they were known affectionately as ‘The Spotters’.”
(page 44 Lorne – A Living History by Doug Stirling)

The log cabin was built (1937) as a community hall for the campers who stayed at Queens Park and also served a useful purpose as a Spotters Site. It had a large stone deck along the front and very large windows from which you could spot in wet weather, these gave a clear view out over Louttit Bay and the open ocean and across to Aireys Inlet, a large open fireplace on the south end which was always kept well supplied with wood by the caretaker. The building situated just above the Great Ocean Road on the South side and facing East.

Spotters plague unveiled on 26th April 1998