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Cape Otway Lighthouse - Great Ocean Road Attraction

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Cape Otway Lighthouse is a must see place due to its importance in maritime history and the sheer splendour of the location on the Great Ocean Road.

Cape Otway lighthouse, Victoria, Australia
Cape Otway lighthouse

Heritage buildings include a restored Telegraph Station, 1859. A subsea cable linked the mainland to Tasmania. The Telegraph Station is now a museum and ethnographic collection narrating the story of past Lightkeepers.

 

The Assistant Lightkeepers 1856 cottage is now a cafe displaying ships that have been wrecked or frequented the coastal routes. The 1942 radar bunker had up to 50 personnel stationed at the lighthouse to protect the coast from enemy mines.

Things to Do in Cape Otway

 

Stay at Cape Otway Lightstation – BOOK A ROOM

Cape Otway Lighthouse is part of Great Otway National Park. Access is well signposted on the Great Ocean Road, the road is sealed. There is pedestrian traffic only on a firm wide path to the lighthouse.

While there are admission fees there is the option of simply gazing at the landscape and perhaps a coffee at the onsite cafe. Lighthouses are always guaranteed to be in the best spot for a view.

Remember to layer up as it can be chilly even on a hot summer day. Make sure you have layers for the exposed position.

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Cape Otway Lighthouse grounds (national park), Victoria, Australia
Cape Otway Lighthouse grounds (national park)
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INTERESTING FACTS

Tales of the Cape Archive from the tales of shipwrecks, domestic life in the remote location and the story of immigration to Australia as witnessed by the lighthouse. 

Cape Otway Lighthouse is Victoria’s oldest working lighthouse.

 

STAY AT CAPE OTWAY HISTORIC COTTAGES

Simply outstanding unique accommodation location, a lighthouse on the Great Ocean Road. The lighthouse cottages can be booked up to six months in advance. It is not unknown for visitors determined to stay at Cape Otway to plan their Australian holiday around accommodation in the delightful historic cottages.

 

Amazing, there are five working lighthouses on the south-east coast of Victoria (Great Ocean Road region). The lighthouses are located between Aireys Inlet and Cape Nelson. You can visit another lighthouse, Split Point Lighthouse, for details check out the Great Ocean Road Trip.

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Lightkeepers Cottage, Cape Otway, Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia @Cape Otway Lightstation
Lightkeepers Cottage @Cape Otway Lightstation
Twelve Apostles Great Ocean Rd, Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia
Twelve Apostles Great Ocean Rd

Cape Otway Lighthouse is part of the charm of the Great Ocean Road journey. From raw, rugged coastline with its towering cliffs and rock forms to attractive hospitality focused seaside towns to national parks and marine reserves. South-east Victoria is where holiday memories are created.

 

 

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