BLACK RIVER

TABLE CAPE LOOKOUT
170 METRES ABOVE
BASS STRAIT

SUNDAY 12.2.2012: On our way to Black River we took the opportunity to visit the Table Cape Lighthouse - the only operational lighthouse that allows tours. We were carefully escorted up a floor at a time so as to ensure the entire group made it to the top! Table Cape area was first settled and developed by the Van Dieman's Land Company in the 1820's. A marine board was established for the nearby Port of Wynyard in 1868. The port had grown during the 1850's to cope with the burgeoning timber trade. Construction began and the tower and cottages were completed and in service in 1888. The tower was constructed of brick then, painted white. It has a circular steel stairway and a steel fly-over gangway to the door which is set above the below ground level base.

  

  

Spent the evening at the Black River Campground.