After last week's lighthouse on Kangaroo Island, Australia, the posting of which alerted me to the fact that Kangaroo Island has six of them, I decided to do one more. This is the lighthouse which is at the top of the page for lighthouses of South Australia in the Lighthouse Directory.
The name of the lighthouse is Cape du Couedic, which actually looks a bit French (or Dutch?). It's on the same island as the last one, near Adelaide, which is shown on the map here. Kangaroo Island also has some remarkable wind-carved rock formations, which I may have included on a post somewhere in the past.
I will turn once again to the Lighthouse Directory for the basics.
"1909. Active; focal plane 103 m (339 ft); two white flashes, separated by 2 s, every 10 s. 25 m (83 ft) round sandstone tower with lantern and gallery. Tower is unpainted sand-colored stone; lantern painted white with a red roof. 2nd order (?) Chance Brothers Fresnel lens in use. ... The keeper's houses were restored in 2000; historically accurate slate roofs were added. This is one of the most historically authentic light stations in Australia; all its original buildings are preserved and even the surroundings are little changed. Located on the southwestern point of Kangaroo Island, south of Rocky River."
This is the Lighthouses of Australia page for it, with lots and lots of historical information: Cape du Couedic Lighthouse (includes a picture of the Fresnel lens)
Four pictures are provided beneath this line.
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