tiabunna's photos with the keyword: lighthouse

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.

The view from the Montague Island lighthouse. This stitched panorama looks north across the island and shows the two different types of geology - granite nearby and basalt on the more distant section. The tern colony (previous images) is visible on the adjacent rocky areas. Definitely one to view large. HFF and have a great weekend, everyone.

With the change of the Montague Island lighthouse to automatic operation (and a halogen lamp), it also was changed to solar power (panels at left). The light has a range of 20 nautical miles (about 40km) and the 21 metre tower is 80 metres above sea level. More details with the other images (also shown in the PiPs). View large. Explored.

Showing when the lighthouse was completed. Back in the 1800s, Australia was still a British colony with Queen Victoria on the throne. It seems to have been almost mandatory to add VR (Victoria Regina) to all manner of buildings at the time. This does show the excellent quality of the stonemasonry in the lighthouse: amazing to think it was all done on site, from quarrying to completion.

This was one of the granite boulders quarried to provide the rock for construction of the lighthouse. Back in the 1800s, that work would all have been done by hand - no power tools! One of the original drill holes can be seen toward the left of the boulder.

Montague Island lighthouse, seen from the former light keepers' houses. The lighthouse and buildings are now listed on the Register of the National Estate. HFF everyone. Explored.