Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse - Augusta, Western Australia.

Nannup Storm

These storms created an impressive backdrop to the Blackwood River Esturary at Augusta yesterday afternoon. Similar, but smaller cells were created this afternoon as a result of bushfires in the area.

Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse - Augusta, Western Australia.

Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse - Augusta, Western Australia.

Sunrise at Cape Leeuwin

Sunrise at Cape Leeuwin

Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse - Augusta, Western Australia.

Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse - Augusta, Western Australia.

Morning Light

Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse marks the boundary between the Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean. It is along with Cape Agulas (South Africa) and Cape Horn (South America) one of the 3 most strategic nautical navigation points in the Southern Hemisphere.

Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse - Augusta, Western Australia.

Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse - Augusta, Western Australia.

Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse - Augusta, Western Australia.

Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse stands proud and tall, defiant to the winds and storms that rage around the Cape. Adjacent lie the keepers cottages on the wind swept ridge surrounded by seas that are never still. An extenal laundry and toilet were necessary adjuncts to the main residenses, however they now stand forlorn and neglected, but defiant to winds they have endured over the decades.

Birdus monopoleusi

These little waders at Heron Point due to fertiliser in the Mandurah Estuary have mutated so that they only have one leg.