Bart Bear's Blog

Here is the old lighthouse at Wollongong. This one was built in 1871 , on the end of the southern breakwater of Wollongong harbour. It is actually one of a pair built at the same time. The twin is at Warden Head near Ulladulla. Both of them are made of iron plates and both have suffered badly from corrosion over the years. This one at Wollongong was even listed for demolition in the 1970s, but the people of Wollongong had it restored in in 1979. The main lighthouse at Wollongong now is the one on Flagstaff Point, built in 1937, that I posted a picture of on July 1.
Wollongong is the only place on the east coast of Australia that has 2 lighthouses. Mum and I now have only 6 more lighthouses that we can visit and we will have been to every lighthouse from Adelaide to Brisbane. There are a couple that we can't get to because they are on islands that have no access, or on tracks that are too rough and steep for the Oldies to manage. Yes, I love lighthouses, particularly ones like this that are in pretty harbours and are easy to get to. This one even has big concrete blocks in the breakwater that are just right for small bears to sit on and soak up the view, safely above the reach of crabs.

Labels: lighthouse, New South Wales, south coast