Last week I shared some images from the light house at Low Head. A couple of minutes down the road, and my next stop on my photographic journey, is the Low Head Pilot Station.

It is the oldest group of pilot buildings located in Australia and while it was the first station to operate, it is the third oldest pilot service after private operations in Sydney and Hobart. The first building on the site is thought to have been built around 1806 and the pilot service still operates from the site today. The Pilot’s Row now houses the Low Head Pilot Station Maritime Museum, the boat crew cottages (as well as the school house and Pilot’s cottage) are now holiday accommodation and the Coxwain’s cottage now operates as the Coxwain’s Cottage Cafe.

Anyway enough of the history for now, onto the photos. This location is full of history and a stunning location to photograph. A mix of old buildings and modern additions.

   

L to R: Commemorative plaque; buoy looking back towards the Pilot Station; buoy overlooking the Tamar River; buoy, replica semaphore signal and breakwater

   

L to R: various images of the Low Head Pilot Station ‘Pilot’s Row’

   

L to R: one of the boat crew cottages, the church, fence, dating plaque on the Coxwain’s Cottage.