Architectural Geoheritage, Engaging the Observer and the Geotourism Potential of the Lighthouse Hotel Rock Wall, Bunbury
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Architectural Geoheritage, Engaging the Observer and the Geotourism Potential of the Lighthouse Hotel Rock Wall, Bunbury, Western Australia Samantha J. Richards 1
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David Newsome 1
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Greg Simpson 1,2
Received: 1 December 2019 / Accepted: 6 July 2020 / Published online: 28 August 2020 # The European Association for Conservation of the Geological Heritage 2020
Abstract We provide a brief account of the building stone geology and architectural development of a stone wall that features as part of the Lighthouse Hotel in Bunbury, Western Australia (WA). Our purpose is to highlight the ‘big ideas’ of geology contained in the key building stones of the hotel’s walls, which are visible to passing tourists. We also investigate the architecture, art and cultural stories of the Lighthouse Hotel and the role they have in fostering the future development of geotourism in Bunbury and the South West region of Western Australia. Keywords Building stones . Architecture . Aesthetic values . Visitor engagement . Urban geology . Geotourism
Introduction In an editorial on heritage stones and geoheritage, Pereira and Van den Eynde (2019) made a highly pertinent point about the importance of geoheritage for the public. They state that an important aim ‘is to make as public as possible the importance of natural stones in the architectonic heritage and in the geoheritage context in general’. Furthermore, De Wever et al. (2017) maintain that geology is part of daily human life. Brocx and Semeniuk (2019) provide a detailed account of the geoheritage significance of building stones, while Gordon (2018) provides an inspiring and succinct account of geotourism and cultural heritage, and, in doing so, flags the importance of art, architecture and historical values in geotourism. Moreover, an increasing number of authors have advanced our knowledge of urban geotourism with accounts of building stones in Sao Paulo, Brazil (Del Lama et al. 2015), historical city centres in Spain (Freire-Lista and Fort 2019)
* David Newsome [email protected] 1
Environmental and Conservation Sciences Group, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia
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School of Science, Edith Cowan University, South West Campus, 585 Robertson Drive, Bunbury, Western Australia 6230, Australia
and building stones as tourism attractions in Australia (Riganti and Johnston 2018). Riganti and Johnston (2018) consider the cultural and architectural links with geology and building stones in Canberra and describe self-guided walks that focus on building stones in Brisbane and Perth. Alongside this, da Silva (2019) and Corbí et al. (2019) take us further into the architectural and artistic values of geodiversity. da Silva (2019) provides a perspective on the relationship between geodiversity, culture and art. At the same time, Corbí et al. (2019) posit that where clear links between geology, architecture and history can be established, more people connect with geoher
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