SS Mildura & Vlahming Lighthouse

Today we visited the Mildura Wreck and Vlamingh Lighthouse.

The SS Mildura was bound for Fremantle from Wyndham, carrying a full load of cattle. While travelling at full steam, she ran aground. The SS Mildura was wrecked in March 1907 after encountering rough weather. Unfortunately, the majority of the cattle died and the remainder were herded overboard, in the hope that they would swim to shore. The majority of the remains were salvaged and the hull was used for bombing practice during World War II.

Vlamingh Head Lighthouse was commissioned shortly after the SS Mildura shipwreck in 1907 and was built between 1910 and 1912, along with a lighthouse keeper's quarters. The lighthouse is notable for being one of the few locations in Australia where both the sunrise and the sunset can be observed.

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