The day was overcast, the cloud base was low and in July it was quite chilly even with the heater on in the plane. I was flying about 1,500 feet (500 metres) above the ocean.
As you can see from the photo the spray from the ocean created a mist effect to the right side of the lighthouse and other buildings.
The lighthouse, built in 1848 not far from Apollo Bay and the Great Ocean Road, overlooks the Southern Ocean and Bass Strait. There was also a telegraph station built there in 1859.
The coast is dramatic and treacherous and the winds fierce. Many ships were wrecked before the lighthouse was built.
Cape Otway was named by the English maritime explorer, Lieutenant James Grant, after his friend Captain Albany Otway.
For more information check out http://www.lightstation.com/
and http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/1park_display.cfm?park=86.
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