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3. Weirs Cove

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小蘑菇阿咪Tsuen Wan Weirs Cove is located in the southwest corner of Flinders • Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, on the east side of Cape Kuaidik Lighthouse Cape du Couedic Lighthouse Tsuen Wan is the landing site for supplies when there was no land traffic in the early days of Cape Kuaidik Lighthouse. In 1907, a pier was built here, along with a steep cliff pulley system known as the Flying Fox, on which warehouses for storage were built. During the 24 years from 1907 to the early 1930s, all the supplies provided to the Lighthouse Guardians and their families, from food to fuel, and the fuel used by the Lighthouse, were shipped here by ship from sea to boats, and then landed when the weather was good. From the cliff pulley system to the 90-meter-high cliff, even tourists came up from here. Supplies are supplied every three months or more, and it is 3 km from the Cape Cod Lighthouse. The Lighthouse Guardians and their families (3 families) live in three huts on the north side of the lighthouse, transporting supplies from the warehouse in Tsuen Wan to the families near the lighthouse. The district, relying on two horses named Mike Mac and Dolly Dolly, two horses from the 1909 lighthouse officially opened to the early 1930s, have been acting as such transport messengers, but also including the biweekly delivery of the lighthouse guardian to the Rocky River to receive and send letters. Come to Tsuen Wan and learn all this, you will immerse yourself in the work life of the lighthouse keepers at the time, how hard and boring, and isolated. Tsuen Wan began to have land traffic in 1930, and in the mid-1940s, the first truck was driven from the Rocky River on a bumpy dirt road, another change since the "flying fox" cliff pulley system in Tsuen Wan. We went to Kangaroo Island by boat from Adelaide. We stayed on the island for three days and two nights. We rented a car on the island and stayed at the Far Away Escape B&B in Kingscote. On the first day, we went to Cape Willoughby Conservation Park Cape Willoughby Conservation Park and the Americas River American River; The next day, I set off from Seal Bay, then Little Sahara Desert, Breeze Bay, Hansen Bay, all the way to Flinders Chase National Park; on the third day, I went to Kingscote, Tsuen Wan Lavender Flower Field, and Penneshaw, and had a great time! Figure 1: Tsuen Wan Observation Deck taken by Tsuen Wan; Figure 2: The Cape Kuaidiq Lighthouse 3 kilometers away on the west side is near the front - 3 lighthouse guardian huts can be seen at the rear right; Figure 3: Looking to the southwest corner - the two brothers island is all collected - the right is the Cape Kuaidiq Lighthouse; Figure 4: From the cliff above overlooking the Tsuen Wan Pier - the remains of the tower of the cliff pulley system on the side of the pier are vaguely visible; Figure 5: The warehouse site above the Tsuen Wan cliff - the stone wall keeps the warehouse relatively cool; Figure 6: The last of the warehouse has three doors - indicating that the items stored inside are for three families, respectively; Figure 7: Transporter Mike and Dolly two horses, although brought convenience to the lighthouse guardian - but the rearing and care of horses also increased their extra work; Figure 8-9: Photo schematic diagram of the cliff pulley system.

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