Point Perpendicular Lighthouse - NSW

No access available to public. This is part of the Beecroft Weapons Range and access is only available at times allocated. Check before taking the drive out there.Built 1898 to replace the inaccurately placed Cape St George Lighthouse. The last keeper was John Hampson and left in 1993. The original 1860 lighthouse had been built in the wrong position due to inadequate supervision by the authorities of the day. It was not visible to the northern approach at Jervis Bay and failed to warn of offshore reefs. Even though when the error was realised, it was intended to show a light at Cape St George only as a temporary measure it was not until 1898, over 30 years later that work began on its replacement on the northern side of the entrance to the bay. This tower is believed to be a "first" in New South Wales. It is erected on a flat concrete base and is the first tower to be constructed of concrete blocks - made on the ground - lifted into position, then cement-rendered on both the inside and the outside.