Cape St George Lighthouse
Jervis Bay, NSW
1860 sandstone lighthouse ruins on Booderee's ocean cliffs, a Commonwealth Heritage site and one of Jervis Bay's best land-based whale perches.
About this place
Cape St George Lighthouse was designed by colonial architect Alexander Dawson and built in 1860 of sandstone quarried near Jervis Bay village. Badly sited, it was replaced by Point Perpendicular Light and the tower was destroyed between 1917 and 1922 so it would not confuse shipping by day. The ruins remain on Old Lighthouse Road in Booderee National Park, jointly managed with the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community, and are on the Commonwealth Heritage List. Parks Australia calls it perhaps the park's most significant European site and a prime whale-watching headland. A Booderee park pass is required.
Access & getting there
Booderee National Park pass required (not a NSW NPWS ticket). Drive via Jervis Bay Road into the park, then Old Lighthouse / Stony Creek roads. Unfenced cliffs. No dogs.
Old Lighthouse Road, Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay Territory
Safety notes
Unfenced ocean cliffs. Stay well back from edges. Ruins are unstable - do not climb. Supervise children.
Gear notes
Wind layer, binoculars, closed shoes, park pass.
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