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Cliffy Island Lighthouse. (20 September 2012)

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Cliffy Island Lighthouse Family's of lighthouse keepers

My father was a lighthouse keeper on Cliffy from 1949 to 1951.

Cliffy Island Lighthouse Granite fence surronding our house.

There was 3 families living on the Island.

My sister and myself did our schooling by correspondence.

Cliffy Island Lighthouse This is the house my family lived in on Cliffy Island 1949. My father was a lighthouse keepeer there for 3 years.

The mail boat come out from Port Albert every 2 weeks with fresh food and mail which was always a great event the boat was often delayed by bad weather,there was always a good supply of food on hand to cater for delays.

Cliffy Island Lighthouse Lighthouse keeper operating winch to bring dinghy up to landing..

Every 3 months the lighthouse supply ship Cape York would bring in bulk supplies of food,fuel,coal (used for our stove to cook on.)

Cliffy Island Lighthouse In our backyard.

It was a very windy on the island often experiencing gale force winds.

Cliffy Island Lighthouse The rail track which hauled all cargo from the landing.

I have some nice memories of Cliffy and would like to go back and visit the island though from some of the recent photo's I have seen there doesn't appear to be many buildings left.

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