Rough Seas Ahead

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Point Carwright, Mooloolaba. Queensland. Australia.

Point Carwright is one of my favourite seascape locations. It boasts magnificent rock formations that are everchanging with the tidal variations. Each trip to Point Cartwright is unique: I have been presented with lackluster sunrises, drenched with rain, battered with rogue swell, had filters blow out of my hand, rolled an ankle from the mossy surfaces and more. These experiences are what makes photography rewarding – every shot is a challenge.

On this occasion I saw mother nature in all her fury. The swell was large, the sky menacing and I was the only person on the beach. I was fortunate enough to capture this intensity in this photo, just before the waves crashed in to my vantage point.

 

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about the point cartwright

Point Cartwright Light is an active lighthouse located on Point Cartwright, a point near the mouth of the Mooloolah River, in Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia. It marks the entrance to the North West Channel, a deep water channel into Moreton Bay and the Port of Brisbane, and provides guidance into the Mooloolaba Harbour.

Old Caloundra Light, construction in 1896, was the first to serve the purpose of marking the entrance to the North West Channel. Changes in the shipping industry in the 1960s necessitated the construction of a modern signal and radar station, and thus New Caloundra Light was erected in 1967. However, New Caloundra Light was to have a short lifespan as a coastal light. By 1978 the buildings in Caloundra had grown in height, obscuring it from some angles.

Point Cartwright Light was built in 1978. It was the sixth of a group of seven concrete towers erected by the Commonwealth between 1964 and 1979, by order of construction, Cape Capricorn Light, New Caloundra Light, Point Danger Light, New Burnett Heads Light, Fitzroy Island Light, itself and Archer Point Light.[2] The light was automatic from its construction and was never manned. [wikipedia]