The Lighthouse near the mouth of the Mersey River in Devonport, Tasmania helps guide The Spirit of Tasmania and a few freight ships into the river to berth. The lighthouse was built on a stone base and is made of bricks, was built in 1889.
We had to visit Devonport last Monday for an appointment with the Financial Adviser our yearly appointment, all was well.
We also went to the Cemetery the Lawn one to visit my parents grave and I placed new artificial flowers there.
Then on Wednesday for the evening meal, dinner, our second eldest granddaughter came for dinner by herself for the very first time. What a surprise and we had a wonderful time with her. It will be her 18th birthday on Saturday the 4th of April.
Our clocks move back 1 hour on the 5th of April and also on that day, Easter Sunday is our 3rd Granddaughter's 14th birthday.
The photos here in this section are of the Bluff at Devonport and behind where I'm taking the photo from is the Bluff Caravan Park where we used to stay in our caravan after my parents passed. Sometimes we would just take a drive to the Bluff and not take the caravan as Devonport is just over 1 hour drive from home. The sea is Bass Strait.
That's a beautiful lighthouse you're showing, and it looks tall. Congratulations on your granddaughter's 18th birthday! It was nice that she visited you! The clocks here have been set forward an hour, because we now have daylight saving time.
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Thank you Marit. Enjoy your daylight saving time, as soon as we moved out clocks forward it seems as if winter has commenced when it's only autumn.
DeleteTall lighthouse! Do they turn the clocks back there? We just turned them forward an hour.
ReplyDeleteYes out clocks turn back an hour on the 5th April as we are still in daylight saving time.
DeleteMargaret, it seems that the winds over there are very strong, I see that the branches of that tree are turning to one side.
ReplyDeleteYes it seems the wind has blown that tree slightly sideways but it's by the sea and the sea is not always calm.
DeleteDear Margaret, what a pretty lighthouse. Happy Birthday to your daughter ❤️
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos.
Thank you Linda.
DeleteI like that lighthouse , Margaret. Its colours are the same as I see here.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your granddaughter's birthday 🥂
Greetings,
G.
Thank you. Popular colour for lighthouses, red and white.
DeleteIt's a beautiful lighthouse and I love the gnarled tree in the picture just above the map. I like your Easter header picture too.
ReplyDeleteThank you R. It is a well kept lighthouse.
DeleteI think they may have built the Devonport lighthouse in its exact position in honour of your late parents. It is a grand memorial.
ReplyDeleteMy father was Deputy Mayor of Devonport for several years, he didn't ever put up for Mayor and he was a JP and an OAM, Hels.
DeleteThat's a beautiful lighthouse! The summer time started here yesterday.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteEnjoy your daylight saving time, I like it and don't care much for turn back the clock on the 5th April well until I get used to it.
Love your header!!
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that you have a wonderful family.
Happy Easter and all the best .
: )
Thank you. I think I have a lovely family :)
DeleteYou have a good Easter too.
Ciao Margaret, bello il faro che hai ripreso auguri. Grazie per il commento sulla lettera che mio figlio ha scritto due anni fa in occasione dei funerali di sua madre, la mia adorata Mimma, ancora troppo aperta la ferita della sua scomparsa, in questo momento poi, che la Pasqua si avvicina è ancora difficile da realizzare. Ciao buona serata, un abbraccio Angelo.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteYour son wrote such beautiful words about his mother :)
Yes, it's a difficult time and it takes time to heal.
Take care.
Wonderful photos Margaret! I just showed your photos and map to my husband who was stationed in Devonport (South Devonshire, UK) for the two years he was on an exchange tour with the Royal Navy. It set us off on all kinds of memories. Thank you so much for sharing these lovely photos. I have always loved lighthouses and used to enjoy climbing them back in the day. Alas can do that no more, says I smiling. Loved your header and background today too.
ReplyDeleteThank you Denise. Good memories you have about Devonport Uk then. Oh I couldn't climb up a lighthouse anymore either..
DeleteI do like your new Easter header/banner.
ReplyDeleteFabulous photographs of the lighthouse.
Happy birthday to your grand-daughters.
All the best Jan
Thank you Jan.
DeleteMoc hezký maják, já jsem tak blízko majáku nebyla. Líbí se mi, že jste byli na hřbitově, také se chystáme na hřbitov, pečujeme o 4 hroby a pravidelně tam jezdíme.
ReplyDeleteBlahopřeji vnučkám k narozeninám, ať mají hodně úspěchů! Děkuji za vysvětlení, že moře je Bassův průliv, protože ho znám jen z mapy v atlasu, tak si opakuji zeměpis. Velikonoční vajíčka na pozadí zaslouží pochvalu. 🌷
Thank you Hanka. I go to the grave at Devonport 100 km away several times a year. That particular beach at Devonport is only a small one and there are larger ones not far away.
DeleteThe lighthouse looks to be perfectly maintained.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the caravan park you used was not the one we stayed in, in a cabin. It was dreadful.
I think I took a photo of that same tree, with a number of galahs hanging around.
Enjoy the family celebrations.
Every time you go to the lighthouse it looks good, yet I've never seen anyone painting it. No it wouldn't have been the same caravan park Andrew, there are a couple of not so nice ones in East Devonport I wouldn't frequent at all.
DeleteYes, I've seen galahs in that area at the Bluff actually we saw a flock of them that same day around the corner on the grass.
Thank you.
Lindo faro. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteThank you, J.P.
DeleteI love the lighthouse, and I love your Easter eggs!
ReplyDeleteThank you Bill. It's a pity we can't eat those Easter eggs...lol
DeleteHello Margaret,
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful photos of the lighthouse, also, congratulations in advance on your granddaughter's birthday.
Here, the clocks were set forward an hour last Saturday. I really don't like it at all, I can't really handle it either.
I wish you a lovely week.
All the best, Irma
Thank you Irma.
DeleteDaylight saving - you wouldn't think it would make a difference to our body clocks, but it does seem to. I like daylight saving but many don't.
Take care.
So beautiful😊
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteI have crossed the Mersey River in England, but I missed it in Tasmania!
ReplyDeleteWell there you are David, at least you have crossed one of them :)
DeleteYour reflections weave together place and family so gently where the steady light of Mersey Bluff Lighthouse feels like a quiet witness to both passing ships and the enduring rhythms of memory and celebration.
ReplyDeleteIt is lovely at the Mersey Bluff and it's only a few blocks from the city of Devonport.
DeleteHola, Margaret.
ReplyDeleteMe encantan las fotografías del faro. Siempre los visito cuando viajo.
Te invito a cantar y bailar en mi ventana con tus nietas.
Un beso para todas.
Thank you. Lighthouses can tell so much about the sea if they could only talk.
DeleteIt is so lovely to see the Devonport lighthouse still standing strong since 1889 and guiding the ships safely home. Having your granddaughter over for a solo dinner for the first time must have been such a special treat for you both.
ReplyDeleteYes it was really something else having the granddaughter here for a meal. I sure hope she will come again.
DeleteIt is a nice lighthouse and well kept Melody.
Desejo muitas felicidades para si e para a sua família e ainda uma boa Páscoa.
ReplyDeleteAbraço de amizade.
Juvenal Nunes
Thank you, and you and your family too, Juvenal.
DeleteThat's a beautiful lighthouse. Lovely views and the tree is amazing with its branches intertwined.
ReplyDeleteIt is a nice lighthouse, Bill it always looks good. Beautiful tree, it's a pity I couldn't get back a bit further to take it in full, but then I would have been sitting on someone's lap as in stranger for the caravan park is right there.
DeleteI've always liked lighthouses.
ReplyDeleteThey are interesting structures, and each one is different.
DeleteMargaret lindo farol, lembrei do farol de Salvador aqui no Brasil, desejo uma feliz semana bjs.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lucimar. Same to you too.
DeleteWonderful pictures. Sounds like you had a very nice trip. I love lighthouses. The stories behind them are always fascinating. I like how different they all are. In years past I did a good number of cross stitch projects with pictures of lighthouses for several friends and family members who decorated a lot with lighthouses.
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Thank you, Sandy. Those cross stitches sound good as they would all be very different.
DeleteThere’s just something about lighthouses, isn’t there? Our clocks went back on Sunday, here.
ReplyDeleteThere is just something about lighthouses, if only they could talk they sure would have many a tale to tell. Our clocks go back this Sunday.
DeleteI like looking at lighthouses they are fascinating
ReplyDeleteThey sure are Jo-Anne.
DeleteGrazie mille per le fotografie, questo farò è meraviglioso.
ReplyDeleteAnche noi abbiamo spostato le lancette, però avanti di un' ora.
You are welcome, Stefania.
DeleteMuy bello lugar y muy bellas imagenes, amiga
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ildefonso.
DeleteLovely images! I read that at first as Davenport -- which we have here in central Florida, but then I had to look again. I especially love the trees.
ReplyDeleteThank you. It can be a bit of a problem these names of town and cities as some are so much a like. I can think of a few :)
DeleteI thought I left a comment here but I guess I didn't. These are truly brilliant photos. We have a light house here that was made into a B&B and restaurant. Have a lovely day.
ReplyDeleteIt's a pain when you type a comment especially a bit longer one than normal and bingo it's gone and not posted, annoying when you have to do it again :)
DeleteWell that's a great idea making a B&B etc our of it, saves it going to rack and ruin.