Bart Bear's Blog

Just outside the gates at Norah Head lighthouse there is a big ship's anchor leaning on a big stone pillar. It is a memorial to all of the merchant sailors that were lost in war. Two ships were sunk just off the lighthouse point in WWII, one by a mine and another by a Japanese submarine. German and Japanese submarines and mines sunk merchant ships all around the Australian coast during the war. Most people remember the warships sunk and sailors lost in battles but forget the ordinary cargo and passenger ships and their crews that were so important to our survival. This is a very important memorial. It also makes a great climbing frame for small bears.

Labels: boats, climbing, lighthouse, New South Wales