点评:The walk up to historic Seal Rocks Lighthouse walk was a fun thing to do. Built in 1875, the lighthouse is still working and has been operational for 150 years.
You can’t drive right up to it. Instead you leave your car at the small carpark at the end of Kinka Road and walk through light bushland.
The first part of the walk is along a paved path and is fairly easy. It’s also very scenic as you pass two dramatic gorges where the ocean washes through.
The second part of the walk is a short but very steep climb up to the lighthouse itself.
The view from here is panoramic, with 360 degree views. The most magnificent view looked right down the length of Lighthouse Beach.
You can climb the lighthouse’s external stairs for an even higher view. A sign at the bottom warns people about strong gusts and they weren’t wrong. It was very windy up the top.
If you have the time, there are a series of information boards around the base of the lighthouse and they make for interesting reading. One has a map showing when the various shipwrecks occurred over the years. The most interesting of these was the SS Catterthun which struck the reef directly below the lighthouse in 1895. If you look down, you can imagine how dangerous it must have been on a dark stormy night. The Captain and two officers were washed overboard by a wave and 31 lives were lost along with a cargo of 9,000 gold sovereigns.
Apart from the lighthouse, there are several secluded and unspoiled beaches here, headland lookouts, and a rugged coastline.
翻译:步行前往历史悠久的锡尔岩灯塔 (Seal Rocks Lighthouse) 是一件非常有趣的事情。这座灯塔建于 1875 年,至今仍在运行,已有 150 年的历史。
您无法驾车直达灯塔。您需要将车停在金卡路 (Kinka Road) 尽头的小型停车场,然后步行穿过稀疏的灌木丛。
步道的第一段沿着铺好的小路,比较轻松。沿途风景优美,您会经过两处壮观的峡谷,海水拍打着峡谷边缘。
步道的第二段是一段虽短但非常陡峭的攀登,直达灯塔本身。
从这里可以欣赏到 360 度全景。最壮丽的景色是俯瞰整个灯塔海滩 (Lighthouse Beach)。
您可以攀登灯塔外部的楼梯,获得更高的视野。楼梯底部有一个警示牌,提醒人们注意强风,而警示牌所言不虚。灯塔顶部风很大。
如果您有时间,可以参观灯塔底座周围的一系列信息牌,它们内容丰富有趣。其中一块信息牌上绘制了一张地图,标明了历年来发生的各种沉船事故。其中最引人注目的是1895年“卡特顿号”(SS Catterthun)的沉船事故,它撞上了灯塔正下方的暗礁。如果您向下望去,就能想象在那个漆黑的暴风雨之夜,这该是多么危险。船长和两名船员被巨浪卷入海中,31人丧生,船上9000枚金币也随之沉没。
除了灯塔之外,这里还有几处僻静而原始的海滩、岬角观景点以及崎岖的海岸线。