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Cape Willoughby Lightstation Heritage Walk - Stop 2 - SA

Cape Willoughby Lightstation Heritage Walk - Stop 2

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Position

DEG: -35.841228 138.133301

DMS: 35º 50' 28.42" S 138º 07' 59.88" E

UTM: 54 H 6029867mN 241080mE

Altitude: 47m

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Cape Willoughby Lightstation Heritage Walk

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2. Shipwrecks and salvage
There have been a number of shipwrecks around Cape Willoughby. The earliest was the Midge, recorded in the Sturt Light Journal on June 28th 1853. ‘At daylight observed from the Lighthouse a Cutter hove to. F.Sheet to windward M.Boom on the quarter and peak of M.S. down heading to the Eastward. At 9 AM the Midge Cutter Gray Mast (sic) came on the Rocks in Pink Bay and became a total wreck.’ The following three days involved ‘saving articles from the wreck and cargo and hauling them on the rocks’.
Journal entries were mainly routine – weather reports, lighthouse duties, and details of ship sightings. Notice how the above journal entries are very brief even though they represent a huge additional workload.
http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/Find_a_Park/Browse_by_region/kangaroo-island/cape-willoughby

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Cape Willoughby at 17/06:30am CST

Distance from Cape Willoughby Lightstation Heritage Walk - Stop 2 0.16km S

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
7.3°C	2.5°C	82%	4.4°C	1018.8hPa	1.8mm	WNW	19km/hr 10knots	19km/hr 10knots

Closest Climatic Station

Cape Willoughby

Distance from Cape Willoughby Lightstation Heritage Walk - Stop 2 0.16km S

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	21.6	21.8	20.8	19.1	16.9	14.9	14.2	14.5	15.9	17.6	19.1	20.6
Mean Min. °C	15.8	16.4	15.6	14.2	12.5	10.8	9.8	9.6	10.3	11.4	13.0	14.4
Mean Rain mm	18.3	18.0	21.5	39.5	61.6	75.2	81.5	73.9	56.2	41.9	28.3	23.0