A final look at the concrete Green Cape Lighthouse.
- Aperture: ƒ/8
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A final look at the concrete Green Cape Lighthouse.
The Green Cape Lighthouse and keeper’s cottages perched on top on the cliff.
The Green Cape Lighthouse, the first lighthouse in Australia built of concrete. Green Cape is also notable in being the tallest lighthouse in NSW and the most southerly lighthouse in the state.
The long road down to the Green Cape Lighthouse, our first sightseeing destination in NSW.
The Point Hicks obelisk, this commemorates Captain Cooks’ first sighting of mainland Australia in 1770. The plaque reads:
Lieutenant James Cook, R.N. Of the Endeavour, First Sighted Australia Near This Point, Which He Named Point Hicks After Lieutenant Zachary Hicks Who First Saw the Land. April 19th (Ship’s Log Date). April 20th (Calendar Date). 1770.
The beach at Cape Conran in East Gippsland.
Pooint Hicks Lighthouse in East Gippsland is Australia’s tallest mainland light house. The adjoining keepers cottages were made of oregon taken from shipwrecks.
On the way in to Lakes Entrance is the Jemmy’s Point Lookout. The view takes in the entrance to the lakes, Rigby Island, McAuliffs Island, and Flannagans Island.
Way back in 2009, the payoff for a hard afternoon cleaning up fallen timber out in the paddocks. This always leads to roasting on one side and freezing on the other, and stinking of smoke.
The Cathedral Ranges poke out from behind some wispy cloud.
A little lamb all on its own enjoying the autumn sun. This little guy had a snooze and the rest of the mob had wandered off. With a little encouragement, after I took the photo, it was soon back where it belonged.
A pair of merino ewes guard their newborn lambs back in autumn 2009. Autumn has brought some new grass out but it is still pretty sparse.