Cape Byron - easternmost point of the mainland of Australia

Cape Byron is the easternmost point of the mainland of Australia. It is located about 3 km (1.9 mi) northeast of the town of Byron Bay and projects into the Pacific Ocean. The cape was named by British explorer Captain James Cook on passing here on 15 May 1770, to honour British explorer John Byron who circumnavigated the globe in the HMS Dolphin from 1764 to 1766.

Cape Byron Lighthouse - a beacon from the past
Standing atop a precipitous cliff the prominent Cape Byron Lighthouse, completed in 1901 is the most powerful light in Australia with a beam visible for 27 nautical miles (50 km) and distinctive white flash every 15 seconds.
Shining across the sea in all weathers, lighthouses were built as navigational aids. They provided ships with a fixed point from which they could chart their course. They helped protect ships and sailors from dangerous headlands, bars and reefs. They aided the rapid development of Australia's trade and shipping during the nineteenth and twentieth Century.

Cape Byron is one of thirteen major lighthouses constructed in New South Wales between 1858 and 1903. The coastal trade route of the eastern seaboard was much like the Pacific Highway is today. The chain of lighthouses were each distinctive in design and Signal and illuminated the coast like a street with lamps.
Ship to shore
The-small building with the dorne roof to the south of the Lighthouse was known as the Signal House or Flag Locker. A complete set of international shipping signal flags was stored there. The Lighthouse Keeper would raise tbese flags up the flagstaff to communicate with maritime traffic.

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