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Lighthouse Activity Booklet CapeCape OtwayOtway LightstationLightstation Australia's Most Significant Lighthouse KIDZONEKIDZONE @@ TheThe CapeCape A learning & activity program for primary school children Come and work out the signal on the flagstaff, or decipher the Morse code message to WIN 2 nights' accommodation at the Lightstation for your family! Cape Otway Lightstation via Great Ocean Road, Cape Otway, Victoria, Australia Open daily 9am – 5pm (6pm Summer & Easter school holidays) Write: PO Box 41, Apollo Bay, 3233 Phone: (03) 5237 9240 Fax: (03) 5237 9245 Email: [email protected] Web: www.lightstation.com Highlight of the Great Ocean Road Heart of the Great Ocean Walk Café Tours Accommodation Events Schools I Spy With My Little Eye something beginning with .…? Take a guess with the clues and draw a picture in the box if you see it. T S F S Built in 1859 and used as a school Tall thin object near the Telegraph amongst other things. Station that may have something flying on it. _________________ _________________ A R B Part of Eric the Red. Still standing from WWII, you may see an old mine near it. _________________ _________________ Cape Otway Lightstation www.lightstation.com Page 2 Numbers Game Cross off the numbers below as you answer the questions. Which number is left? 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 In what year was the Lighthouse built? How many stairs are in the Lighthouse? How many overland attempts did it take Charles La Trobe to find the Lighthouse site? How many years was Henry Bayles Ford the Lighthouse Keeper at Cape Otway? How many Assistant Lighthouse Keepers were there in the early years (hint the Assistant Lighthouse Keepers House used to be a duplex)? In what year was Eric the Red shipwrecked? How many lives were lost on the emigrant ship Cataraqui which was shipwrecked near King Island? How many kilometres are there between Cape Otway and Cape Wickham on King Island (also called the Eye of the Needle or the Western Entrance into Bass Strait)? One number should be left, which is it? Cape Otway Lightstation www.lightstation.com Page 3 Can you spell your name with Signal Flags? The Cape Otway Signal Station and Flagstaff were used to communicate with ships using signal flags. Below is the International Signal Flag Code. Each flag represents a letter of the alphabet. A: B: C: D: E: F: G: H: I: J: K: L: M: N: O: P: Q: R: S: T: U: V: W: X: Y: Z: My name is ____________________________________ In the boxes below, draw and colour the letters of your name as signal flags. Come and be a Lightkeeper on a school camp or with your family ... Cape Otway Lightstation www.lightstation.com Page 4 The Great Circle Route Maze Game As the Ship’s Captain, use your trusty sextant and other navigation tools to find your way to Cape Otway, Australia, via the Great Circle Route Maze. Depart Liverpool, England on a sailing ship in May 1849 Sail past the Beacon of Hope, Cape Otway Lighthouse, Australia at last - November 1849 !! Cape Otway Lightstation www.lightstation.com Page 5 Ships & Shipwrecks Draw a line between the ship and her captain: Schomberg Lieutenant James Grant Lady Nelson Matthew Flinders Investigator Nicholas Baudin Naturaliste James “Bully” Forbes Circle which ships were shipwrecked near Cape Otway and King Island (& which ship hit a mine?): Neva Cataraqui Investigator Eric the Red Lightning Loch Ard Marco Polo Naturaliste Lady Nelson Schomberg City of Rayville Titanic The ship that hit a mine was? ____________________ Cape Otway Lightstation www.lightstation.com Page 6 Colouring In Lighthouses are designed to warn ships of land and shallow water. At night they light up and they are brightly painted for the daytime. But do they have to be white? Colour in the lighthouse below so ships can easily see it. Cape Otway Lightstation www.lightstation.com Page 7 Crossword See the clues on the next page ... Cape Otway Lightstation www.lightstation.com Page 8 Crossword Clues ACROSS 1. (10) The ship which sunk in 1880 carrying precious items for the Melbourne Exhibition. 3. (4) What magnifies and intensifies the light? 6. (10) What is hauled up the flagstaff to communicate with passing ships? 8. (6) Part of Eric the Red which is in the grounds. 13. (15) The full name of the Lighthouse Keeper who was at the Lightstation for 30 years and never allowed the light to go out. 16. (10) Name of the narrow passage of water that starts at Cape Otway. 17. (4) A convict ship, which was wrecked in 1835 off King Island. 18. (7) The light and lenses are floating in this. 19. (4) The Gadabanud is the Aboriginal clan local to Cape Otway. True or False? 21. (5) What the Air Force used to track ships, submarines and aircraft during WWII. 24. (9) The nearest town to Cape Otway Lightstation. 25. (6) Name of the river mouth where some lighthouse stores were shipped in. 26. (8) The ship called “City of ???” was sunk by a mine near Cape Otway. DOWN 2. (5) “Ngatanwarr” means what in the local Aboriginal language? 4. (10) Where the other lighthouse is located which along with Cape Otway, marks the Western Entrance to Bass Strait. 5. (7) Last name of the man charged with the task of finding the site for the Cape Otway Lighthouse and making sure it was built. 7. (9) The name of the ship which sank near King Island losing 404 lives finally forcing the authorities to build a lighthouse in Bass Strait. 9. (5) Last name of the Assistant Lighthouse Keeper who was here for over 20 years and who had two children buried in the Cape Otway Cemetery. 10. (16) Name of the route ships followed to arrive in Australia from Europe where Cape Otway was the first sighting of land. 11. (9) Laid underwater and connected Tasmania to mainland Australia. 12. (5) Last name of the Lieutenant who named Cape Otway whilst sailing on the Lady Nelson. 14. (5) What type of power does the new light beacon use? 15. (5) The name of the National Park the Lightstation is located in is the Great what? 20. (7) A common animal in the Otways hunted by Aborigines for food, clothing, making tools & weapons. 22. (6) A name the RAAF personnel called the radar bunker in WWII. 23. (5) A furry animal you may sometimes see in the grounds. Cape Otway Lightstation www.lightstation.com Page 9 Otways Animal Wordsearch The animals found around the Great Otway National Park and in the ocean nearby are somewhere in this wordsearch. Which animal in our list does not appear in the wordsearch or the Otways? T W A L L A B Y S A O P Whale Koala I P H A D D R A Z I L J Seal G O S A C V G J U I I I Dolphin E S E A L K V M P N A K Tiger snake Quoll R F G A L E W H Y D N A Echidna S A Z R O S N L G O S K Wombat N S D X U T N B M L K A Pygmy Possum Lizard A E D F Q R E C Y P C Q Wallaby K L I O P E A F P H A E Rosella E A D G V L N C O I L B Kestrel Black snail F K O A L A D I S N B V G Z T E Y I I L S A S X U W S S D B H L U L S O I O U P W E C Q M R E O R A D F T Y E P L O S S Draw a picture of your favourite Otway animal Want to be a Lightkeeper? Come and stay on a school camp or with your family ... Cape Otway Lightstation www.lightstation.com Page 10 KOORI CULTURE AT CAPE OTWAY 1. What is the name of the Koori people who lived at Cape Otway? A. GADDABOUT B. KATABANUT C. CATAPAULT D. GADABANUD 2. What is this? A. A PIPE FOR SMOKING GUM LEAVES B. AN EEL TRAP C. A BUSH TELEPHONE D. A SPECIAL HAT FOR CORROBOREES 3. What is the name of old campsites where Koori people ate? A. MUDDLES B. MIDDLES C. MIDDENS D. MUGGLES 4. What did Katabanut people use the Banksia flower for? A. BUSH CORDIAL B. HAIRBRUSH C. TOOTHBRUSH D. WATER STRAINER 5. Which Animal or Bird was the Katabanut’s totem? A. KOALA B. KING PARROT C. KOOKABURRA D. KANGAROO Cape Otway Lightstation www.lightstation.com Page 11 Answers I Spy With My Little Eye TS = Telegraph Station, FS = Flagstaff, A = Anchor, RB = Radar Bunker Numbers Game In what year was the Lighthouse built? 1848 How many stairs are in the Lighthouse? 78 How many times did it take Charles La Trobe to find the Lighthouse site by land? 3 How many years was Henry Bayles Ford the Lighthouse Keeper at Cape Otway? 30 How many Assistant Lighthouse Keepers were there in the early years? 2 In what year was Eric the Red shipwrecked? 1880 How many lives were lost on the emigrant ship Cataraqui that was shipwrecked near King Island? 404 How many kilometres between Cape Otway and Cape Wickham on King Island? 90 One number should be left, which is it? 5 Ships and Shipwrecks Ships and their Captains: Schomberg James “Bully” Forbes Lady Nelson Lieutenant James Grant Investigator Matthew Flinders Naturaliste Nicholas Baudin These ships were shipwrecked near Cape Otway and King Island: Neva Cataraqui Eric the Red Loch Ard Schomberg City of Rayville hit a mine and was the first American casualty of WWII.
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