We went to Smoky Cape Lighthouse this morning to have a look. Built in 1891, it is the most elevated lighthouse in NSW. At the bottom before you climb up to the Lighthouse is Captain Cook Lookout. Captain Cook named the area Smoky Cape in 1770 when he saw the smoke from the fires of the Aborigines in the area as he sailed by. There is the lighthouse up the top, two cottages just below it which you can stay in (what a view you would have), and then the old stables below that - all painted white with a royal blue trim in places.
After leaving the Lighthouse, we went to Trial Bay Gaol to have a look through. It was built between 1877 and 1886 and served as a prison till 1903 when it was closed. The Gaol didn't fit in with prison reforms at the time. It was resurrected in 1915 to use as a camp for over 500 men of German descent. They were academics, professionals and craftsmen. In 1918 the men were relocated to Holsworthy and in 1922 the Gaol was closed permanently.
At the Gaol, the internees put on their own plays and produced their own newspaper. They also had their own bakery and the bakers had such a good reputation, the villagers brought out their flour to have it baked.
From the Gaol, we went to the Smoky Cape Café to have a late lunch before heading back to the caravan park.
Bruce and I cooked a Curried Mango Chicken dish for all of us for dinner (yum) before Allyson and Bruce took us on at another game of Scopa. Again, Ian and I were triumphant. Allyson was getting frustrated as I was beating her at every turn. I had even gone online to check the rules for the game to make sure we were playing the right way. In the online rules there is talk of the first to 15 being the winner of each hand. We don't know how that would happen very often as in all the hands we played we didn't once score that much for a round. I'll have to find someone who has played or you can play online and I could give that a go to see what happens.
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