Lost count of the number of lighthouses we have seen / visited but all of them have tons of history to share albeit very similar in theme … lives of the light keepers, their family and kids, shipwrecks and heroic rescues. And there are snakes at all of them we have been to 😟
The Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse which was built in 1895 is no different. Apart from …
- it’s at the most south-westerly point on the mainland of the Australian Continent
- it’s the largest in WA and third largest in Australia
- it’s still in operation today unlike many of the others
- it’s where the Southern Ocean meets the Indian Ocean
And it was blowing a gale when we were there giving us a small sense of the powers of wind and water
The Travels of Birgit 