The last leg of the Cape to Cape. This part of the track is fairly flat through wilderness with limited road access, facing more into the south than the rest of the coast. Granite headlands are broken up by long sections of shoe-sucking formidable sand to end at the Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse which can be seen most of the day., so Peigi and I were taken to the lighthouse where we had a coffee, viewed the good interpretive centre in one of the houses, walked around the impressive tall, stone, lighthouse, before setting off back to meet the others, passing the lime-encrusted waterwheel. This was used for a while to pump water to the lighthouse, but was replaced by an electric pump when the creek flow reduced. Interesting how quickly this happened ie not hundreds of years.
Peigi got us on the wrong track of course (again), but we covered about 8km to where the track leaves the heath for the beach. We had just had lunch when they arrived; back to the lighthouse to touch it this time, 16km covered. My legs are aching, glad to not do it again tomorrow! A bus with wine and cheese met us here, before leaving for ‘home’.
A celebration dinner was held at The Common next door, where we shared a slideshow of the last seven days and certificates were issued for completing the Cape to Cape Track. We probably covered 90-100km, 110 with the extra today. The ladies in the group have bonded so well that they plan to do part of the Bibblemun next year.
Cape Leeuwin 
Water Wheel 
