Water Wheel

Frozen in time, this historic water wheel was built in 1895 to supply water for the builders of the Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse. This little bit of history, associated with the lighthouse and the first residents, was a nice surprise.

The wheel has long since calcified, but interestingly, the water trough has water pumped through it by an electric pump to stop the timber from drying out.

It is a nice historical site with great photo opportunities, with the Indian Ocean, rock formations, and rock pools surrounding the water wheel ruins.Read more