Year first constructed 1913 (first) Automated 1951 Height 9.75 m Range 33,336 m | Year first lit 1951 (current) Construction concrete tower First lit 1951 | |
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Location Cape Liptrap
Victoria
Australia Tower shape square prism tower with balcony and lantern Address 655 Cape Liptrap Rd, Tarwin Lower VIC 3956, Australia Hours Open today ยท Open 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMonday(Labour Day)Open 24 hoursHours might differTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hours Similar Cape Liptrap Coastal P, Cape Liptrap, Point Hicks Lighthouse, Cliffy Island Lighthouse, Whalers Bluff Lighthouse | ||
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Cape Liptrap Lighthouse stands upon the rocky cliff top of Cape Liptrap peninsula, on a solitary part of the South Gippsland coastline. The lighthouse warns ships of the rocks in treacherous Bass Strait.
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History
The first Cape Liptrap lighthouse was established in 1913. It was a 2.1 metre steel tower with an acetylene light. As a lighthouse keeper was never stationed at Cape Liptrap, it is really the first automatic Commonwealth funded light to be put into service.
The current lighthouse was built in 1951 in cast concrete and is devised in a square shape with flattened edges. The light characteristic is one flash every 12 seconds, emitted from a height of 93.6 m above sea level. The lighthouse was converted to electrical power in 1970.
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