tiabunna's photos with the keyword: lighthouse

Erected on this headland in 1889 and progressively with updated power and technology over the years, this lighthouse (one of only two in NSW built of wrought iron) remains in automatic operation. In recent years, the local council has built the ornamental gardens and ocean viewing platforms around it. Happy Fence Friday and have a good weekend, everyone. Suggest viewing large.

Oceanside fencing at Kiama, with the lighthouse in the background. Happy Fence Friday and have a good weekend, everyone.

Replacing the Cape St George lighthouse , this one (at right) was erected in 1898 and first lit on 1 May 1899. It operated until January 1994, when it was replaced by the new solar powered LED light at left (and the site was de-manned - lighthouse keeper's house at right). The old light apparently is still lit for an annual Lighthouse Weekend in August of most years. As can be seen in the background, this is clearly at the entrance to Jervis Bay. View large. Happy Wednesday Wall, everyone.

You'll find the answer to "what and where" in the PiPs, also in the map detail at right. Which leaves open the question of "why?" I'm afraid you'll have to wait until Friday's HFF for the answer. :-) Happy Wednesday Wall, everyone.

A very pleasant late winter morning in Wollongong. Best viewed large. Happy Bench Monday and have a good week, everyone.

This weather screen is where the weather is recorded at Cape Reinga at the top of New Zealand's North Island. It is also where the lighthouse keeper's houses were once sited - with the lighthouse down far below.

At the northern extremity of New Zealand's North Island and now a very popular tourist destination. This lighthouse only began operation in 1941, replacing another on a nearby island. It was automated in 1987 and, since 2021, has operated on solar power with batteries. Happy Wednesday Wall, everyone.

Bench along the path to the Cape Reinga lighthouse, at the top of New Zealand's North Island The PiP shows the lighthouse with another bench, but unfortunately also with lens flare. Happy Bench Monday, everyone.

This lighthouse is automated, as is now standard. It is not open to the public, though the former lightkeeper's house is being restored, I gather for holiday rentals. I also found the former landing and resupply jetty interesting (see PiP).

After a cold front passed up the east coast of Australia the weather cleared onshore, but these large cumulus and cumulonimbus (anvil) clouds were still offshore. Wishing everyone a Happy Fence Friday and an enjoyable weekend to follow.

Looking across the little harbour at Wollongong, on the NSW south coast. The pole on the left was originally the central pivot point for a crane used for the goods carried by the old coastal steamers early in the last century. Wishing everyone a Happy Fence Friday and a safe and enjoyable weekend.

In 1804, the British colonists opened a second Australian penal colony in Hobart, at least partly to prevent further French interest in the area - see my previous image. HFF and have a great weekend everyone. The following is from Wikipedia. "(this) is the second oldest extant lighthouse tower in Australia, as well as having the longest (158 years) history of being continuously manned. It was first lit in March 1838 and was eventually decommissioned on 6 August 1996. The project was commissioned by Governor George Arthur in 1835 after a series of shipwrecks south of Bruny Island and construction began in April 1836. The lighthouse was built by convict labour using locally quarried dolerite over two years. When first lit in March 1838 it was Tasmania's third lighthouse and Australia's fourth." There now is a new automated and solar powered light near the old lighthouse.

Just to prove that (very occasionally) I do rise early enough to take sunrise images. This is part of the harbour breakwater at Wollongong (often known by locals simply as "The Gong").

Norway has (and needs) many lighthouses along its coast. This is the Kjeungskjaer lighthouse, not too far from Trondheim. It now is automated, but I find myself trying to imagine the lifestyle of the former lightkeepers and their families, who were confined in places such as this for extended periods.

The Kjeungskjaer lighthouse, warning mariners of hidden rocks, and watched by a group of keep photographers from the deck of the "MS Trollfjord" , the Hurtigruten ship on which we were travelling. All I can say is HFF and have a great weekend, everyone. Explored. At this point I feel I should also note that unforeseen circumstances are likely to limit my involvement on ipernity for some time. On that basis, my apologies if I do not respond to your comments or visit your images - I shall try to do so as far as possible.

The Hurtigruten ships make many stops along the Norwegian coast. Some stops, at larger ports, are for several hours. Other stops, at small coastal centres, are for little more than minutes. We're approaching a quick visit here which Hurtigruten identify as Torvik on their general map, but which on Google Earth is identified as Moltustranda (see map): the little lighthouse on this island makes it quite identifiable. All three images are best viewed large on black. Explored.

Do you think that you have some pretty good lenses? Well, not many lenses would beat this one - it is the Fresnel lens that once graced the Montague Island lighthouse, before the new halogen lighting was installed. At a guess it stands 5 M high and the glass section used to float on a bowl of liquid mercury as it rotated. Now it sits in the tourist information office at Narooma, the nearest town to Montague Island. HFF and have a great weekend, everyone.

Looking south from the top platform of the lighthouse on Montague Island. HFF and have a great weekend, everyone. Explored.