Friends of the Cape to Cape Track
A walk for all seasons, Western Australia
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Cape to Cape Map Section 5

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Cosy Corner Blowholes

The limestone rock platform south of Cosy Corner is pitted  with  circular shafts etched out by thousands of years of solution. Many connect  to  the sea, which has undercut the base of the limestone, and in wild weather  the  surge races through and ‘blows’ up through these solution pipes. As erosion   continues, large slabs of rock periodically break off into the sea below.


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Deepdene Campsite 
 
Currently, four ‘wild’ campsites have been established along the  Cape to Cape Track. Each has spaces for tents, a table and benches, toilet  and  rainwater-tank. Walkers may also use the National Park Campgrounds at Contos,  Point Road and Boranup, and commercial caravan parks at Yallingup,  Gracetown,  Prevelly and Hamelin Bay.


Quarry Bay 
 
This low cliff is composed of tufa, a mineral deposit formed  by  the precipitation of calcium carbonate from water trickling down from  swampland  above. The overhanging, bell-like structures of the deposit are  similar to  formations found in the nearby caves of the Leeuwin-Naturaliste  Ridge. They are  formed in much the same way, though with the incorporation of
light-loving algae  and plant matter.

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Leeuwin Waterwheel 
 
This waterwheel at Cape Leeuwin used to pump water from a  nearby  wetland up to the lighthouse-keepers’ cottages. Over years of disuse, it  has  slowly become encrusted with limestone, which has precipitated from the   water-supply. The waterwheel marks the official end of the Cape to Cape Track,  although most ‘end-to-enders’ regard the lighthouse door as the true start or   finishing point.


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Cape Leeuwin  Lighthouse

The Leeuwin Lighthouse was constructed in 1896 by Maurice   Coleman Davies, famous for his timber empire at Karridale, from local stone   quarried at the nearby Quarry Bay. Perched on a low promontory only 56 m above   sea level, this lighthouse, at 39 m in height, is considerably taller than the   one at Cape Naturaliste. This landmark, at the meeting point of the Indian and Southern Oceans, marks Australia’s most south westerly tip.

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