Features and location Cape Bruny Lighthouse

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stairs in cape bruny lighthouse


it second oldest extant lighthouse tower in australia, having longest (158 years) history of being continuously manned. first lit in march 1838 , decommissioned on 6 august 1996.


the project commissioned governor george arthur in 1835 after series of shipwrecks south of bruny island , construction began in april 1836. lighthouse built convict labour using locally quarried dolerite on 2 years. when first lit in march 1838 tasmania s third lighthouse , australia s fourth.


cape bruny illuminated wilkins lantern, consuming 1 pint of sperm whale oil per hour. in 1892, sperm oil replaced better quality colza oil. in 1903 original staircase replaced , cast-iron staircase installed , wilkins lantern replaced chance brothers lantern, both remain in tower today.


in december 2000 light station area, including lighthouse, became part of south bruny national park. lightstation maintained permanent caretaker until 2011 when parks & wildlife established rotational volunteer caretaker program. volunteers live on-site in caretakers cottage four-week periods, assisting repairs , general maintenance.


in june 2012, tasmanian government sought expressions of interest commercial operators wishing take on operation , management of cape bruny light station. no tender awarded , site managed parks & wildlife service assistance volunteers. following tender process, 1 company began tours of south bruny national park , cape bruny light station takes tourists visit cape bruny lightstation - bruny island safaris latter, bruny island safaris, operates tours inside lighthouse tower.


an active light tower located nearby on fiberglass construction of 4 metres (13 ft) height. light characteristic fl. 10 s , i.e. white flash every 10 seconds. lightsource emits focal plane @ 93 metres (305 ft) above sea level.








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