Bart Bear's Blog

Most lighthouses I have seen are ones that we drove to, but on our trip to Perf I saw some from boats. Of course the whole point of lighthouses is that they are meant to be seen from boats, otherwise they wouldn't be much use at all. This is the Bathurst lighthouse on Rottnest Island. It was built in 1900 and is one of the two lighthouses on the island. Ships use the two lighthouses to take bearings that get them safely around the reefs that make the entry to Fremantle dangerous. Scruffy and I are sitting on the deck of the semi-submarine that took us out to see the shipwrecks. The deck was a good place to see all the boats and things as we went back to the wharf on Rottnest. Of course we weren't allowed to hang on the rail like some kids were, but they didn't see any dolphins so it didn't matter.

Labels: lighthouse, Western Australia