Right after we left the car park at Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse, we saw a sign "Historic Water Wheel" pointing to the left. As such, we decided to turn left into a small road to see what this Water Wheel was all about.
Cape Leeuwin Water Wheel, sometimes called the Petrified Water Wheel, is a non-operating water wheel now. The wooden water wheel was erected in 1895 to pump water from a spring to Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse.
The spring water was packed with minerals which began to precipitate onto the water wheel. Eventually, the wheel stopped turning, as it had become covered in a layer of limestone. This process normally takes hundreds of years in settings such as in caves, but it only took decades at this site.
The waves in this area were pretty strong. No wonder Cape Leeuwin is one of the most treacherous capes in this region.
As it was already past noon, we drove to the nearby Augusta Town to have our lunch at a Cafe.
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