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With Point Hicks and the Lighthouse in the far distance. Although named by Captain Cook as Point Hicks, the name was changed by a Surveyor in 1843 to Cape Everard and then changed back again by Sir Henry Bolte the Victorian Premier at a bicentennial ceremony on the 20th April 1970.
From Wikipedia;
It was Captain Cook’s practice to reward the first person to sight land with a gallon of rum, plus the distinction of having a place named after him, although that place was not necessarily the feature first seen. On this occasion, the prize fell to Lieutenant Zachary Hicks who called out “Land ho” when he saw “land making high” in the hinterland of Australia’s south coast" Lieutenant Hicks died a year later before the Endeavour returned to England from a "Consumptive illness" so maybe he never recovered from that gallon of Rum.
Hiked the trail from Start Point - you can see the lighthouse in the distance. I didn't have my good cameras and had but a little Canon point and shoot - although I kept playing with the settings - it gave good pictures just not with the clarity of a good SLR.
The largest town in West Marin, Point Reyes Station was established after the North Pacific Coast Railroad in 1874 for some reason not yet uncovered, moved past the town of Olema to drop its passengers off in the middle of nowhere. The area is a popular foodie spot for fresh local ingredients.
Point Reyes Station, California
Pointe du Toulinguet . Cf www.crozon-bretagne.com/tourisme/decouverte/camaret/point...
Vue vers Camaret . Au loin la pointe des Espagnols puis le goulet de Brest .
Camaret, Presqu'île de Crozon, Finistère, Bretagne, France .
Photographies J-P Leroy, droits réservés .
Point Royal. Bracknell.
Designed in 1958 ish by Arup associates. This is a Grade II listed building and is in a designated conservation area. You can read about it here: tinyurl.com/ma8zb
The Point Bonita lighthouse sits on the tip of Marin County near the entrance to the Golden Gate Bridge
Many many bridges in Point Pleasant - this is the one closest to Tu Endi Wei park.
Not the bridge from the horrible accident in the 1960s (they never rebuilt that one).
Point Fermin Lighthouse. Point Fermin Lighthouse was the lighthouse for the Port of Los Angeles from 1874 to 1942. As an aid to navigation, it guided ships around the Point Fermin cliff sand and into San Pedro harbor. It was built in 1874 at the time Phineas Banning was dredging a navigable channel to Wilmington and developing San Pedro harbor as an ocean port.
Point Fermin Lighthouse is designed in the Stick Style popular at the time and used for several other contemporary lighthouses. (Long before Mission Revival came into being.) With all the Victorian gingerbread it is a very cute structure indeed. The lighthouse was in operation until 1942. It was tended by lighthouse keepers who lived with their families in the lower section of the lighthouse. During World War II, radar gear replaced the light and the building became one of the first radar stations. After the war, the lighthouse was used by the parks department for maintenance of Point Fermin Park. Point Fermin Lighthouse was restored to its original appearance in 2001 and opened to tours in 2003. 805 Paseo del Mar.
National Register of Historic Places 72000234
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