Mv Cape Don Colour:White their woven rush surfaces worn

their woven rush surfaces worn from years of use

needles resting mid-scale

000 people at its 1960 peak

served families travelling to and from their assigned lighthouse postings and government officials on inspection runs

Mv Cape Don Colour:White their woven rush surfaces wornThe bow of MV Cape Don at Balls Head Bay, Waverton, photographed by Greg Davis in 2016. Launched at the State Dockyard Newcastle on 28 May 1962, she served the Commonwealth Lighthouse Service for 27 years as a lighthouse supply tender and navigational aids maintenance vessel. The last surviving Cape Class vessel, and the only surviving ship of the entire CLS fleet. Part of the MV Cape Don series.