KIDZONE @ The Cape

KIDZONE @ The Cape

Come and work out the signal on the flagstaff,

or decipher the Morse code message to

WIN 2 nights' accommodation at the Lightstation for your family!

Cape Otway Lightstation via Great Ocean Road, Cape Otway, Victoria, Australia

Open daily 9am – 5pm (6pm Summer & Easter school holidays)

Write: PO Box 41, Apollo Bay, 3233 Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail] Web: www.lightstation.com

Highlight of the Great Ocean Road

Heart of the Great Ocean Walk

A learning & activity program for primary school children

Cape Otway Lightstation

Cape Otway Lightstation

Australia's Most Significant Lighthouse

Café Tours Accommodation Events Schools

Take a guess with the clues and draw a picture in the box

if you see it.

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Built in 1859 and used as a school
amongst other things.

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Tall thin object near the Telegraph
Station that may have something
flying on it.

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Part of Eric the Red.

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Still standing from WWII, you may
see an old mine near it.

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T S

F S

A

R B

I Spy With My

Little Eye

something beginning with .…?

Numbers Game

Cross off the numbers below as you answer the questions.

Which number is left?

0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 4

5 7 8 8 8 8 8 9

In what year was the Lighthouse built?

How many stairs are in the Lighthouse?

How many overland attempts did it take Charles La Trobe to find the
Lighthouse site?

How many years was Henry Bayles Ford the Lighthouse Keeper at Cape
Otway?

How many Assistant Lighthouse Keepers were there in the early years (hint
the Assistant Lighthouse Keepers House used to be a duplex)?

In what year was Eric the Red shipwrecked?

How many lives were lost on the emigrant ship Cataraqui which was
shipwrecked near King Island?

How many kilometres are there between Cape Otway and Cape Wickham on
King Island (also called the Eye of the Needle or the Western Entrance into
Bass Strait)?

One number should be left, which is it?

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Can you spell your name with

Signal Flags?

The Cape Otway Signal Station and Flagstaff were used to communicate with ships using

signal flags. Below is the International Signal Flag Code.

Each flag represents a letter of the alphabet.

A:

B:

C:

D:

E:

F:

G:

H:

I:

J:

K:

L:

M:

N:

O:

P:

Q:

R:

S:

T:

U:

V:

W:

X:

Y:

Z:

My name is ____________________________________

In the boxes below, draw and colour the letters of your name as signal flags.

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The Great Circle Route Maze Game

Depart Liverpool, England on a sailing ship in May 1849

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As the Ship’s Captain, use your trusty

sextant and other navigation tools to

find your way to Cape Otway,

Australia, via the Great Circle Route

Maze.

Sail past the Beacon of Hope,

Cape Otway Lighthouse,

Australia at last - November 1849 !!

Draw a line between the ship and her captain:

Schomberg

Lieutenant James Grant

Lady Nelson

Matthew Flinders

Investigator

Nicholas Baudin

Naturaliste

James “Bully” Forbes

Circle which ships were shipwrecked near Cape Otway and King
Island (& which ship hit a mine?):

Neva

Cataraqui

Investigator

Eric the Red

Lightning

Loch Ard

Marco Polo

Naturaliste

Lady Nelson

Schomberg

City of Rayville

Titanic

The ship that hit a mine was?

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Ships & Shipwrecks

Colouring In

Lighthouses are designed to warn ships of land and shallow water. At night

they light up and they are brightly painted for the daytime. But do they have

to be white? Colour in the lighthouse below so ships can easily see it.

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Crossword

See the clues on the next page ...

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Crossword Clues

ACROSS

1.

(10) The ship which sunk in 1880 carrying precious items for the Melbourne
Exhibition.

3.

(4) What magnifies and intensifies the light?

6.

(10) What is hauled up the flagstaff to communicate with passing ships?

8.

(6) Part of Eric the Red which is in the grounds.

13.

(15) The full name of the Lighthouse Keeper who was at the Lightstation for 30
years and never allowed the light to go out.

16.

(10) Name of the narrow passage of water that starts at Cape Otway.

17.

(4) A convict ship, which was wrecked in 1835 off King Island.

18.

(7) The light and lenses are floating in this.

19.

(4) The Gadabanud is the Aboriginal clan local to Cape Otway. True or False?

21.

(5) What the Air Force used to track ships, submarines and aircraft during WWII.

24.

(9) The nearest town to Cape Otway Lightstation.

25.

(6) Name of the river mouth where some lighthouse stores were shipped in.

26.

(8) The ship called “City of ???” was sunk by a mine near Cape Otway.

DOWN

2.

(5) “Ngatanwarr” means what in the local Aboriginal language?

4.

(10) Where the other lighthouse is located which along with Cape Otway, marks the
Western Entrance to Bass Strait.

5.

(7) Last name of the man charged with the task of finding the site for the Cape
Otway Lighthouse and making sure it was built.

7.

(9) The name of the ship which sank near King Island losing 404 lives finally forcing
the authorities to build a lighthouse in Bass Strait.

9.

(5) Last name of the Assistant Lighthouse Keeper who was here for over 20 years
and who had two children buried in the Cape Otway Cemetery.

10.

(16) Name of the route ships followed to arrive in Australia from Europe where Cape
Otway was the first sighting of land.

11.

(9) Laid underwater and connected Tasmania to mainland Australia.

12.

(5) Last name of the Lieutenant who named Cape Otway whilst sailing on the Lady
Nelson.

14.

(5) What type of power does the new light beacon use?

15.

(5) The name of the National Park the Lightstation is located in is the Great what?

20.

(7) A common animal in the Otways hunted by Aborigines for food, clothing, making
tools & weapons.

22.

(6) A name the RAAF personnel called the radar bunker in WWII.

23.

(5) A furry animal you may sometimes see in the grounds.

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Draw a picture of your favourite Otway animal

Otways Animal Wordsearch

The animals found around the Great Otway National Park and in the ocean nearby are
somewhere in this wordsearch. Which animal in our list does not appear in the wordsearch
or the Otways?

T W A L

L

A B Y S A O P

I

P

H A D D R A Z I

L

J

G O S A C

V G J U I

I

I

E S E A L

K V M P

N A K

R F

G A L

E W H Y D N A

S A Z R O S N L

G O S K

N S D X U T N B M L

K

A

A E

D F

Q R E C Y P

C Q

K

L

I

O P

E A F

P

H A E

E A D G V L

N C O I

L

B

F

K

O A L

A D I

S N B V

G Z T E Y I

I

L

S A S X

U W S S D B H L

U L

S O

I

O U P

W E C Q M R E O

R A D F

T Y E P

L

O S S

Whale
Koala
Seal
Dolphin
Tiger snake
Quoll
Echidna
Wombat
Pygmy Possum
Lizard
Wallaby
Rosella
Kestrel
Black snail

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KOORI CULTURE

AT

CAPE OTWAY

1. What is the name of the Koori people who lived at Cape Otway?

A.

GADDABOUT

B.

KATABANUT

C.

CATAPAULT

D.

GADABANUD

2. What is this?

A.

A PIPE FOR SMOKING GUM LEAVES

B.

AN EEL TRAP

C.

A BUSH TELEPHONE

D.

A SPECIAL HAT FOR CORROBOREES

3. What is the name of old campsites where Koori people ate?

A.

MUDDLES

B.

MIDDLES

C.

MIDDENS

D.

MUGGLES

4. What did Katabanut people use the Banksia flower for?

A.

BUSH CORDIAL

B.

HAIRBRUSH

C.

TOOTHBRUSH

D.

WATER STRAINER

5. Which Animal or Bird was the Katabanut’s totem?

A.

KOALA

B.

KING PARROT

C.

KOOKABURRA

D.

KANGAROO

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Answers

I Spy With My Little Eye

TS = Telegraph Station, FS = Flagstaff, A = Anchor, RB = Radar Bunker

Numbers Game

In what year was the Lighthouse built? 1848
How many stairs are in the Lighthouse? 78
How many times did it take Charles La Trobe to find the Lighthouse site by land? 3
How many years was Henry Bayles Ford the Lighthouse Keeper at Cape Otway? 30
How many Assistant Lighthouse Keepers were there in the early years? 2
In what year was Eric the Red shipwrecked? 1880
How many lives were lost on the emigrant ship Cataraqui that was shipwrecked near King Island? 404
How many kilometres between Cape Otway and Cape Wickham on King Island? 90
One number should be left, which is it? 5

Ships and Shipwrecks

Ships and their Captains:

Schomberg

James “Bully” Forbes

Lady Nelson

Lieutenant James Grant

Investigator

Matthew Flinders

Naturaliste

Nicholas Baudin

These ships were shipwrecked near Cape Otway and King Island:

Neva Cataraqui Eric the Red Loch Ard Schomberg

City of Rayville hit a mine and was the first American casualty of WWII.

Crossword

Across

1. ericthered, 3. lens, 6. signalflag, 8. anchor, 13. henrybaylesford, 16. bassstrait, 17. neva,

18. mercury, 19. true, 21. radar, 24. apollobay, 25. parker, 26. rayville

Down

2. hello, 4. kingisland, 5. latrobe, 7. cataraqui, 9. evans, 10. greatcircleroute, 11. telegraph,
12. grant, 14. solar, 15. otway, 20. wallaby, 22. doover, 23. koala

Otways Animal Wordsearch

Wombat is the odd one out.

Koori Culture at the Cape

1. B & D
2. B
3. C
4. A & D
5. B

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Travel Bingo

Photocopy this page and use it on your next long car trip.

The first person to spot an item on the page call out “BINGO” and circle that picture.

The first person to spot and circle all pictures wins.

Remember NOT to distract the person driving the car.

The Lighthouse Keeper's Quest – our unique leadership and development camp

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