Mount Scott.
The city is home to the Port of Geraldton, a major west coast seaport. Geraldton is an important service and logistics center for regional mining, fishing, wheat, sheep and tourism industries.
We arrived in Geraldton on August 23, 2015, and found a caravan park easily down by the sea. So it's along time in fact it's 10 years since we visited there.
There is a hill in Geraldton called Mount Scott, we could see it but be hanged if we could find it. Two days of driving around the city sightseeing and we stumbled across the hill.
On this hill is the 'Rotary Memorial, World War 11 cruiser Sydney.
The memorial recognises the loss of the light cruiser during a mutually destructive fight with the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran off Shark Bay in November 1941, with none of the 645 aboard surviving.
(Note, this vessel is the second Australian warship to be named HMAS Sydney, and is sometimes referred to as HMAS Sydney (II))
645 steel seagulls
The Waiting Women. Waiting for her child to return, but of course, he never does!
The Point Moore Lighthouse, located south of the Geraldton Port is a cultural and historical attraction. It is the oldest surviving Commonwealth lighthouse in Western Australia and was also the first steel tower to be constructed on the mainland of Australia. The Point Moore lighthouse stands 35m tall and its 1000w Tungsten Halogen Lamp can be seen for 23 nautical miles. It began operation in 1878.
A very long way from home.
Hi! The lighthouse is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteSuch a grearh lighthouse! It will a landmark in Gascoyne region of Western Australia. I also like the 645 steel seagulls. Information I didn't know about the fight that took place during WWII in November 1941 in that beautiful corner of the world.
ReplyDeleteSad moments that I hope will not be repeated.
ReplyDeleteI'm always pleased to refer to a map, Australia and Tasmania are so big!
ReplyDeleteI do like the lighthouse, that sculpture of the woman is so good too.
May the new week be a good one for you.
All the best Jan
Both sculptures of waiting woman and seagulls are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI like both of the scultures and the lighthouse is a beauty.
ReplyDeleteThe sculptures are great and sad that she waits there for a son who will never return.
ReplyDeleteThe sculptures are fantastic to look at
ReplyDeleteI liked these photos, those sculptures do look amazing
ReplyDeleteI believe that the crew of the "Kormoron"
ReplyDeletewho managed to get to shore were interned
for the duration of the war.
Whatever happened to HMAS Sydney remains one of the mysteries
of WW2.
Maritine experts have speculated that the navigation section of the ship
was destroyed and thus steering was impossible and that the ship eventually
exploded as it was on fire.
I guess we will never know.
Cheers
Colin
PS: The weather here is to say the least unpredictable.
Theodor Detmers (22 August 1902 – 4 November 1976)
DeleteThis is the story of the German captain - just google his name.
Quite an interesting person.
I also read that many of the crew returned to Australia after the war with
wives or families and settled here. I dare say with German integrity they
did very well.
I just love history and have quite a lot of history books on my shelves at home.
Cheers
Colin
The memorial to the destroyed ship and all its young men is perfect for a maritime setting. But what was the ship's connection to Geraldton?
ReplyDeleteYes, you couldn't get much further away from home.
ReplyDeleteThe sculpture is terrific and the statue is very moving and beautifully done.
Linda estatura. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteNice memorials. I love boats and lighthouses.
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