After a great night’s sleep we were treated to a bacon and egg brekkie cooked by Gordie and Trev – a great way to start the day.

Branch came out to supervise the removal of the stitches from Rosie’s finger – the wound appeared to be healing well!

Gordie then led us in a short devotion from his reading earlier on Jesus healing the lame man at the Pool of Siloam which generated some good discussion and reflection.

We had planned to explore the eastern side of the island today including the Cape Willoughby Lighthouse tour and had booked it in for 2pm.

First stop was Brown’s Beach which was another unique location with very different rock formations compared to what we had seen so far on KI. The rocks were weathered sandstone – sharp in places bringing tears to the surfers eyes….but varied and interesting shapes.

The photographers were really on fire today….

Baudin beach, the next beach along, was also very similar – named after the French explorer Baudin, who had done some mapping of KI around the time that Matthew Flinders was exploring here.

We decided to stop at False Cape Winery for an early lunch. The timing was great as it began to pour with rain, so we raced inside and ordered lunch.

The cellar door area was built from local timbers including old JETTY timbers and local sandstone and was well set out. Kerry, Gordie and Dave did a wine tasting and the homemade pies we had for lunch were delicious.

A couple of hens with their chicks were making their way through the manicured gardens….

We still had some time before we had to be at the lighthouse so we did a quick detour to Antechamber Bay – which was a lovely location and would have been ideal for a swim if it was sunny and warm!

Driving on to Cape Willoughby Lighthouse, the surrounding landscape became more windswept and arid. The lighthouse and keepers’ cottages stood out on the point as we drove up the road. Sheep were being farmed in the area around the lighthouse.

The lighthouse was built in 1852 and was built without foundations – just very thick walls at the base – and can withstand winds of up to 240km/hr. The first light was generated by burning whale and seal blubber. This was replaced with a large glass prism and then eventually a 22W LED the current light source was installed in the 1990’s. The modern lighthouse is not manned but managed remotely.

The waters around KI can be very treacherous as the map below indicated the number of ships wrecked in the area (70 in total) ….

The tour was very informative, and we were able to walk up the 120 steps inside and come out onto the small balcony at the top for some amazing views of the coast and mainland.

After descending the stairs and exiting we had a look around the gardens – Rosie tried to feed a couple of kangaroos with some grass, but they were not keen.

The garden had lots of herbs and old-fashioned plants- the bees were plentiful and there were many brightly coloured stink bugs enjoying the lavender flowers….

We decided to head to Penneshaw for coffee and to grab some supplies before heading back to the house…. IGA had an interesting word of inspiration on their blackboard!!

Once back at home, we went for a walk along the front towards the jetty and saw some black swans with their babies… and Trev got up close and personal with the pelicans.

Jason the windscreen man arrived to fix the Pearl’s chip – or microchip as Trev named it – a 5 min job (done before Branch could make it out the door) which turned into a longer stay as there was a lot of chatting going on (surprise surprise!!).

There were no big plans for tomorrow – our last day on KI – we decided to work it out in the morning according to the weather etc….