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Cape Otway Lightstation

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Cape Otway Only 14 km from the Great Ocean Road, this extensive complex includes the oldest surviving officially built lighthouse on the Australian mainland. Due to concern over shipwrecks on the Bass Strait coast and King Island, pressure was exerted on the government to build a lighthouse at Cape Otway. Completed in 1848 and constructed of sandstone, it was only the second lighthouse constructed on mainland Australia.

In 1859, one of the earliest telegraph stations in Australia was added to the facility, soon connecting Tasmania to the mainland through Cape Otway and Melbourne.

Cape Otway Lightstation

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Getting There: 200 km from Melbourne From Melbourne take the Princes Highway to Geelong Then the Great Ocean Road through Lorne and Apollo Bay 16km west of Apollo Bay turn left onto Lighthouse Road The Lightstation is 13 km from the Great Ocean Road turnoff

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Lighthouse Road
Cape Otway VIC
Australia

Getting There 200 km from Melbourne From Melbourne take the Princes Highway to Geelong Then the Great Ocean Road through Lorne and Apollo Bay 16km west of Apollo Bay turn left onto Lighthouse Road The Lightstation is 13 km from the Great Ocean Road turnoff