We left Green Patch and drove to wreck lighthouse. We were told it was a spot not to miss. We drove on a gravel road for what seemed like forever. The drive proved exciting because we had a rather large kangaroo hop out in front of the car. Then we round a bend and we see this ruined structure in the distance. Click on the picture to get a better view.
Once we walked up to the site and around to the front this is what we saw. A broken down lighthouse. The story goes that there were a number of shipwrecks near Cape St George as boats were looking to get into Jervis Bay. So in 1857, it was erroneously decided to put a lighthouse at the this location. Apparently the architect and surveyor based thier decision on location largely on ease of construction and not on where the lighthouse should be for maritime use. The lighthouse only worked for 38 years as it caused more wrecks as it directed the ships into rocks not into the bay. So a new lighthouse was built in the better location in 1860. The moonlight caused the golden sandstone lighthouse to glow so it continued to cause navigational problems so in 1900's the lighthouse was blown to rubble. The best thing is that the road allowed us to get to this beautiful spot with cliff views of the sea.
This is the southern view from the lighthouse.
This is the northern view. The eastern view is equally amazing view of sky and sea and nothing else. From May to November you can apparently have views of migrating whales. One whale species is described as the Southern White Whale. It weighs 20 tonnes and is 50 feet long. I hope we get a chance to see that this winter!
We left Green Patch and drove to wreck lighthouse. We were told it was a spot not to miss. We drove on a gravel road for what seemed like forever. The drive proved exciting because we had a rather large kangaroo hop out in front of the car. Then we round a bend and we see this ruined structure in the distance. Click on the picture to get a better view.
Once we walked up to the site and around to the front this is what we saw. A broken down lighthouse. The story goes that there were a number of shipwrecks near Cape St George as boats were looking to get into Jervis Bay. So in 1857, it was erroneously decided to put a lighthouse at the this location. Apparently the architect and surveyor based thier decision on location largely on ease of construction and not on where the lighthouse should be for maritime use. The lighthouse only worked for 38 years as it caused more wrecks as it directed the ships into rocks not into the bay. So a new lighthouse was built in the better location in 1860. The moonlight caused the golden sandstone lighthouse to glow so it continued to cause navigational problems so in 1900's the lighthouse was blown to rubble. The best thing is that the road allowed us to get to this beautiful spot with cliff views of the sea.
This is the southern view from the lighthouse.
This is the northern view. The eastern view is equally amazing view of sky and sea and nothing else. From May to November you can apparently have views of migrating whales. One whale species is described as the Southern White Whale. It weighs 20 tonnes and is 50 feet long. I hope we get a chance to see that this winter!
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