08/ Norah Head

We visited this interesting lighthouse on our way home after a weekend staying with friends on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia (July 2022)

Norah Head Lighthouse was purposely built from 1901 to 1903 to protect ships travelling between Sydney and Newcastle with vital cargo and passengers. Perched on the headland, the lighthouse takes in magnificent ocean vistas and is the Central Coast's most spectacular icon. A walking track skirts around the lighthouse side and leads to stairs that climb down to the rock platform below and to Lighthouse Beach.

Whale watching is a popular pastime from this location from May to November each year.

Norah Head Lighthouse celebrated its Centenary in November 2003. Apart from the electrification of the light, few changes have been made to the lighthouse since it was established. Buildings on the headland comprise the Lighthouse, Flag Locker, Head Keepers Quarters and the first and second assistant lightkeepers' quarters and stables.

Scavenger Hunt 08/Far Horizons