Coolangatta 2022

The final walk up to the lighthouse is very steep…so much so that we walked backwards just to take the pressure off our legs 😂
The lighthouse is no longer manned and has been tastefully restored to accommodate visitors who can stay overnight.
You get an insight into early life in such a remote location and the difficulty of getting supplies to the area before roads and 4wd tracks had been established. All supplies in the early years of the operation of the lighthouse were delivered by sea which made the experience even more interesting as the seas in the area were often rough for small dinghy’s ferrying stores from the main ship.
There are amazing rock formations on the way up to the lighthouse one of which is called ‘skull rock’ that show just how powerful the elements are in eroding the granite stone over millions of years.Read more