Bart Bear's Blog

There is a lighthouse at Nelson Bay that is very hard to get to. Since Mum has this urge to photograph every lighthouse that she can, this one has been a target for ages. The problem is that it is on an island which is connected to the mainland by a sand spit. You can walk across to the island at low tide. However, it is a long walk from the road to the sand spit and across to the far side of the island. The Oldies couldn't make it between tides, so walking to the lighthouse is not an option for them. But guess what? Our whale-watching boat went past the island and when the captain found out about Mum's interest he took the boat in close so that she could get photos. So here is the Port Stevens lighthouse. It was built in 1862 and is now, like most Australian lighthouses, solar powered and automatic. In the top image you can also see the ruins of the keepers' cottages. These were burnt by vandals in the mid-1980s. Small bears hate vandals. Anyhow, that's one more for our growing collection of lighthouse photos, courtesy of a very helpful boat captain.

Labels: boats, lighthouse, New South Wales, north coast