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1866 depiction of Thomas Musgrave. Thomas Musgrave FRGS (10 May 1832 – 7 November 1891) was the captain of an Australian ship and later a lighthouse keeper, who was wrecked with the schooner Grafton in the subantarctic Auckland Islands, and cast away there for over 18 months.
Five miles west of Grafton is Pere Marquette State Park, which is Illinois' largest and most popular state park. Grafton experienced modest economic growth from 2000-2010, including some new housing and restaurants, the Grafton Elementary School, the Grafton Harbor marina, and a lighthouse located along the Mississippi River. [citation needed]
Location: Town of Grafton, Wisconsin, Twenty minutes north of Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Coordinates: 1]: Tower; Constructed: 1981: Height: 40 feet (12 m) from on top of bluff, 120 feet (37 m) from lake level: Light; First lit: 1981: Focal height: 50 m (160 ft) : Range: 20 miles (32 km) [citation needed]: Characteristic: rotating shield causes a 4 seconds on, 4 seconds off effect: The Kevich Light ...
Grafton Lakes State Park was opened in 1971. [3] It contains several lakes, including Long Pond, Mill Pond, and Second Pond. The park offers a beach, a boat launch and boat rentals, a bridle path, hunting (deer and small game in season), fishing and ice fishing (trout, pickerel, perch, and bass), ice skating, hiking and biking, picnic tables and pavilions, a nature trail, a playground ...
There is a walking track that takes in the northern end of the island, the lighthouse on the north-west point which overlooks Little Fitzroy Island, and the island's peak, which offers stunning 360 degree views over the surrounding reefs and Cape Grafton. From the top, on a clear day it is possible to make out the Frankland Islands to the south.
Yamba is a town in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, located at the mouth of the Clarence River.. The town economy is strongly based on fishing and tourism, but has a diverse range of influences, due to the 'Sea Change' phenomenon and the large number of baby boomers who are starting to retire to the warmer climates.
Grafton was a 56-ton schooner sailing out of Sydney during the 1860s that was wrecked on 3 January 1864 in the north arm of Carnley Harbour, Auckland Island, one of the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, nearly 480 kilometres (300 mi) south of the South Island. Her castaway crew waited a year for a ship to come to their rescue, which, it soon ...
Fitzroy Island is accessible by ferry from Cairns, and the lighthouse is a 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) hike from the ferry landing. The site is open, although the tower is closed to the public. It is operated by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service as part of the Fitzroy Island National Park. [1]