Griffiths Island is a small island at the mouth of the Moyne River, in Port Fairy, south-western Victoria, Australia. The Moyne River is a river in western Victoria, Australia. It flows from the edge of the lava flows west-southwest of Penshurst to Belfast Port Fairy is a coastal town in western Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Princes Highway in the Shire of Moyne west of Warrnambool For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. It is now connected by a short causeway to the mainland, which gives easy public access on foot. Notable features of the island include the Griffiths Island Lighthouse and the Short-tailed Shearwater (or Australian Muttonbird) breeding colony. A lighthouse is a Tower, building or framework designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or in older times from a fire and used as an The Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris, or Yolla, more commonly known as the Muttonbird in Australia, is the most Muttonbirding is a seasonal harvesting activity which may be recreational or commercial of the chicks of Petrels especially Shearwater species for food oil and A walking track, including some beach-walking, circumnavigates the island.
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Lighthouse
The Griffiths Island Lighthouse is 11 m high and was built in 1859 by John Griffiths, with Scottish stonemasons, from bluestone. The craft of stonemasonry has existed since the dawn of Civilization - creating Buildings structures and Sculpture using stone from the earth Bluestone is the name given to several stones (1 a feldspathic sandstone in the U Originally built on what was a separate small island known as Rabbit Island, landfill and the construction of a breakwater has made it now part of Griffiths Island. The bluestone cottages built for the lighthouse keepers were demolished following the automation of the light in the early 1950s.
Shearwater colony
Much of the land area of Griffiths Island is covered by the breeding burrows of an estimated seasonal population of 30,000 Shearwaters. These birds may be seen at nightfall between September and April as they return from foraging trips at sea to incubate their single eggs and subsequently feed their growing chicks. A public viewing platform has been built for visitors to enjoy the spectacle.
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