Last Trail to Antartica - Matthew Flinders
On 6th December 1801
Captain Matthew Flinders R.N.
Commnder of H.M.S. Investigator.
Sighted Cape Leeuwin and commenced the mapping of the Australian Coast.
British explorer Matthew Flinders was the first person to circumnavigate Australia. Flinders charted much previously unknown coastline, and the maps he produced were the first to accurately depict Australia as we now know it. Flinders proved Australia was a single continent.British explorer Matthew Flinders was the first person to circumnavigate Australia. Flinders charted much previously unknown coastline, and the maps he produced were the first to accurately depict Australia as we now know it. Flinders proved Australia was a single continent.
At this location, there is a plaque commemorting Matthew Flinders.
The Lookout here is a great vantage point to the Lighthouse and south towards Antartica.