Bart Bear's Blog

There are some places that are dangerous to ships but don't have anywhere that a lighthouse can be built on. These places have special floating lighthouses, called lightships, anchored near them. This one is retired now and is in the Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour in Sydney. For most of its working life it was anchored at Merkara shoals in the Gulf of Carpentaria. It spent a couple of years in the Bass Straight oilfields as well. In the photo you can also see the submarine HMAS Onslow and the destroyer HMAS Vampire. My really big brother Andrew spent some time on Vampire when he was in the navy. Next time we go to Sydney I want to go through all of these ships.

Labels: boats, lighthouse, New South Wales, Sydney