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06 Mar 2017: Lighthouses: Pt Hicks and Gabo Island
Photos:
John Terrell
When visiting an island, the first task is...
After a rough crossing we landed and walked...
The shoreline comprises beautiful red granite
There was some evidence of quarrying to...
Next day we rock hopped around Gabo Island
... in threatening weather
Ruins of an old hut provided shelter from...
Jerry and Janet
Looking toward the mainland and the Howe...
There were no volunteers to swim to the...
The post-prandial nap
After lunch the sun started coming out so it...
The calm waters of Santa Barbara Bay...
Seals shared Little Gabo Island with...
We spent some time watching them braving the...
The next morning we climbed the lighthouse
...for a view of the entire island
Jan and Janet admire the view
In 1892 high seas swamped the lighthouse and...
Doug feeds compost to the lightkeeper's...
Pigface
and a fungus
There's a bird in there...
Last sunset on Gabo Island
Next morning the relief party arrived in the...
Point Hicks lighthouse was built in 1887-8...
First task was to visit the lighthouse
The steel staircase is cantilevered out from...
to admire the view
and the huge lantern, now illuminated by a...
and to take funny/arty pictures of our...
It's a long way down...
All day long there were seals fishing...
Although late in the season, there were lots...
banksias
hyacinth orchids
Some reptiles climbed trees
while others preferred the ground
Head deep in scrub near Mueller Inlet
Janet, Graham, Jan and Doug at the Thurra...
Next day we walked along the West Beach
The shoreline had an abundance of life -...
Hooded plovers
and former life
Natura morta with crab, penguin flippers and...
A rough shelter on the beach provided some...
Wreck of the 'Saros'
Leaving Point Hicks we visited Honeymoon bay
and climbed Mt Everard which gave an...
