Our second day in the region started at the Cape Naturaliste Light House shortly after breakfast. Well, not really just after breakfast since the girls typically get us up at or before 7, and breakfast is usually over by 8, but today we actually stretched breakfast out for a while enjoying grill-cooked chorizo sausage and eggs for fresh breakfast burritos. We had a few hours to kill yet since the lighthouse didn’t open until 10. We really got a sense of how “young” Australia is with the descriptions of how life was at this lighthouse not even 100 years ago. Back when it was built in 1902-3, the keepers had a 10 hour journey on horseback to the nearest town to get supplies. Back then, this was a very isolated place, but important for navigation, as many ships sailing West from Eastern Australia had wrecked on the rocks not too far from shore here. Today, it is fully automated replacing the whale oil light with an electric bulb and hand-wound clockwork rotating mechanism with an electric motor, but fortunately kept its original Fresnel lens assembly; something not often seen back in the US.
After the tour, we took a break for tea and then went in two directions: Kimberly & Marc took Chloe back to the suite for her nap, but we opted to keep exploring since Bella naps well in her car seat, and Kimberly & Marc have seen most of the area on one or two previous trips.
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Enjoyed all the news about the land down under. I especially like the pictures of Bella - so sweet!!!
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