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I Believe We Don’t Know Everything
So can anyone say definitively they don’t exist?
Smoky Cape is situated on the east coast of Australia about halfway between Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie, almost a 5-hour drive from our home in Brisbane. The little coastal town of South West Rocks is a ten-minute drive along Lighthouse Road. Yes, there’s a lighthouse atop the headland that is Smoky Cape.
Apart from the lighthouse itself, there are a B&B and two self-contained cottages. The B&B was originally the head lighthouse keeper’s cottage and the two cottages were for the assistant lighthouse keepers. Built in 1891, the cottages and lighthouse are heritage listed. The lighthouse became automated in 1988. I’ve always wanted to live in a lighthouse and when I was younger, there were still several lighthouses that needed a real lighthouse keeper on site. No special qualifications were necessary.
So when I found you could book to stay in one of these cottages, I jumped at the chance. The first time we visited we stayed for a week in cottage number one. It was attached to cottage number two but there was a thick stone wall between them — at least 12 inches thick. Actually, all of…
