Saved from Destruction

Back Blip..

After being inside all day yesterday because of the weather and the unpacking, I said to John I need to get out for a while and have a look around. It hadn't rained much all morning so we decided to take a short walk and look at the lighthouse, seeing it was open today.

I can't walk for long or fast yet but it was great to just be out and about. Seeing the lighthouse was open today we went and had a walk around it. I would have loved to gone up to the top.. but at this stage I can't. There was a yacht race on so we stood and watched for a while. Then from nowhere very heavy drizzling rain started and I got so wet getting back to the car.

When we got back to the house there was no rain at all.. it was all dry and no sign of any rain at all. So my place must be in a dry zone!



All about the Lighthouse
When the Akaroa lighthouse was built in 1878 coastal shipping was the principal form of transport and communication in New Zealand. Lighthouses were essential for the efficiency and safety of this service. The original site at Akaroa Head was selected in 1875 and the lighthouse was commenced in 1878 and completed the following year. It remained in use on this site until the 1970s. In 1980 it was cut into three sections, taken to its present site, reassembled and restored. The light may still be lit on special occasions.
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