Jervis Bay lighthouse with the ACE mob

C:\Users\Bill Crowle\Pictures\Other Pictures\Photo Albums\1979\ IMG_3942 Lighthouse Jervis Bay 3624pxwide copied Dec 3, 2011 Date and Time (Digitized) - 2011:12:03 12:05:16 The ruin of Cape St George Lighthouse is perhaps the most significant European site in the park. Nowadays, the lighthouse is the best place to watch the whale migration and return. You can learn about whale-watching here. Designed by the colonial architect, Alexander Dawson and built in 1860, the 3 storey lighthouse was built of sandstone blocks quarried near the present day Jervis Bay village. The tower was 61 feet high (18.5m) with 8 rooms at ground level. The floor was timber and cast iron girders held up a roof of stone flagging covered with asphalt. Getting supplies to the lighthouse was always difficult with the nearest landing place over 4 kilometres away at Murrays Beach. Horses were needed for transporting mail and supplies, and taking the children to and from school. Keeping a horse permanently was not easy as there was a shortage of grass for feed. However goats were better suited to the terrain and were kept for milking, some meat for consumption and bait for catching sharks. From 1860 to 1877 up to 15 people including the lighthouse keeper, 2 under-keepers and their families lived in this 8 room complex. Oil and supplies for the lighthouse were also stored here so conditions would have been relatively cramped and uncomfortable. In 1877 a 7-room weatherboard cottage was built for the head keeper near the stables. The kitchen and laundry building was probably erected around 1865 as ‘a store for the men’s provisions, a wash house and an oven, with a boiling copper for the establishment’. It provided much needed space as previously everything, including living quarters for the three lightkeeper’s families, had been housed in the original lighthouse building. The double latrine (toilet) building drains directly out and over the nearby cliff face, and is an excellent example of the strict attention to sanitation that was required in such a remote location. It is likely that it was divided into male and female sections. From Parks Australia web site... Original to add to the other shot we have here! Creation Date (iptc): 2011-12-03T12:05:16 Modification Date: 2011-12-03T12:05:16 Creation Date (xmp): 2011-12-03T12:05:16 Camera Make: Canon Camera Model: Canon PowerShot G12 Original Date/Time: 2011-12-03T12:05:16 Exposure Time: 1/2 Shutter Speed: 1/2.00 F-stop: f/4.5 Focal Plane X Res: 3648000 Focal Plane X Res: 2736000