Cape Otway Lighthouse Stock Photo

Great ocean Road trip. The lighthouse was built in the 1850’s in response to significant loss of life in shipwrecks along the southern coast, particularly in the area of The Twelve Apostles. The light station consists of a number of buildings that housed the light keeper’s family, stock, telegraph station and work sheds. Climbing to the light deck provides a panoramic view of ocean and coast. On wilder days you can sometimes see the clashing currents that Apollo Bay fishermen call ‘the mad mile’.