Lighthouses

Stunning day in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. A visit to our favourite lighthouse, after a light lunch at Lighthouse Beach surf club. Perfect! Tacking Point was named by Matthew Flinders in 1802, on HMS Investigator. This lighthouse is one of five along the northern NSW coastline designed by noted colonial architect James Barnet. The other four lighthouses are at Clarence Head, Fingal Head, Richmond Head and Crowdy Head. Four of these five original lighthouses, including Tacking Point, are still in use. Tacking Point Lighthouse was built in 1879. It is looked after so well.

Stunning day in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. A visit to our favourite lighthouse, after a light lunch at Lighthouse Beach surf club. Perfect! Tacking Point was named by Matthew Flinders in 1802, on HMS Investigator. This lighthouse is one of five along the northern NSW coastline designed by noted colonial architect James Barnet. Tacking Point Lighthouse was built in 1879. It is looked after so well.

March 2020, on our travels in New South Wales, Australia. Tacking Point was named by Matthew Flinders in 1802, on HMS Investigator. This lighthouse is one of five along the northern NSW coastline designed by noted colonial architect James Barnet. The other four lighthouses are at Clarence Head, Fingal Head, Richmond Head and Crowdy Head. Four of these five original lighthouses, including Tacking Point, are still in use. Tacking Point Lighthouse was built in 1879. Lighthouse Beach, Port Macquarie.

We had a day trip to see this interesting lighthouse. Located 33 kilometres north-east of Taree, the historic Crowdy Head Lighthouse was built 1878-1879 and is one of five small lighthouses built on the NSW coast, with panoramic views from the lighthouse reserve. Looking north you can see beyond Diamond Head and the Three Brothers mountains (south, middle and north), which were named by Captain James Cook in 1770 as he sailed up the east coast. Unbeknown to him, the Biripi Nation had been calling them the Three Brothers for millennia. To the south you can see as far as Seal Rocks. visitnsw.com Scavenger Hunt 14 History

We had a day trip to see this interesting lighthouse. Located 33 kilometres north-east of Taree, the historic Crowdy Head Lighthouse was built 1878-1879 and is one of five small lighthouses built on the NSW coast, with panoramic views from the lighthouse reserve. Looking north you can see beyond Diamond Head and the Three Brothers mountains (south, middle and north), which were named by Captain James Cook in 1770 as he sailed up the east coast. Unbeknown to him, the Biripi Nation had been calling them the Three Brothers for millennia. To the south you can see as far as Seal Rocks. visitnsw.com

The Caloundra Lighthouses, constructed in 1896 and 1968 respectively, provide a rare opportunity for comparison and demonstrate the evolution in marine navigation along the Queensland coast over 100 years. Twenty years before the existence of the first light (Moreton Bay Pile Light, Brisbane), a deep water shipping lane into Moreton Bay and the Port of Brisbane known as the North West Channel, was sounded. The channel went from Caloundra Head along the eastern shore of Bribie Island and soon became the most used entry into the port. In shipping terms this made Caloundra’s position strategically important… The old Caloundra Head Lighthouse is the oldest building in Caloundra… The precinct was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register in 2010.

New and old. Tacking Point Lighthouse, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. Such a brilliant day. Tacking Point was named by Matthew Flinders in 1802, on HMS Investigator. The lighthouse was built in 1879. Sunday Challenge 31 - Juxtaposition - two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse stands on a dramatic headland east of Seal Rocks village. Completed in 1875, it is the first lighthouse designed by colonial architect James Barnet and one of only two towers in Australia with an external stairway. It was originally built to guide ships along the rocky coastline, after a number of incidents, including the shipwrecking of the SS Catterthun and the Rainbow. Despite the coast being illuminated by the lighthouse, 20 wrecks have occurred since the lighthouse was built. Below the lighthouse are the Lighthouse Keepers’ quarters and outbuildings that have been refurbished to offer holiday accommodation for visitors. On the grassy slopes next to the lookout point and cliff edge, you’ll see three memorials dedicated to people associated with the lighthouse. Sugarloaf Point is a top spot for watching whales as they migrate on their journey along the coast. You might also be lucky enough to see dolphins, down on lighthouse beach. nationalparks.nsw.gov.au

Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse stands on a dramatic headland east of Seal Rocks village. Completed in 1875, it is the first lighthouse designed by colonial architect James Barnet and one of only two towers in Australia with an external stairway. It was originally built to guide ships along the rocky coastline, after a number of incidents, including the shipwrecking of the SS Catterthun and the Rainbow. Despite the coast being illuminated by the lighthouse, 20 wrecks have occurred since the lighthouse was built. Below the lighthouse are the Lighthouse Keepers’ quarters and outbuildings that have been refurbished to offer holiday accommodation for visitors. On the grassy slopes next to the lookout point and cliff edge, you’ll see three memorials dedicated to people associated with the lighthouse. Sugarloaf Point is a top spot for watching whales as they migrate on their journey along the coast. You might also be lucky enough to see dolphins, down on lighthouse beach. nationalparks.nsw.gov.au