Cape Tourville Lighthouse
Tasmania · Australia
This is a 600m circuit walk and never fails to leave you feeling amazed at how spacious, natural and beautiful Tasmania's East Coast is.
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8 sections · tap a section for its opening lines1Cape Tourville Lighthouse
Welcome to the Cape Tourville Lighthouse, a vital sentinel situated within the breathtaking Freycinet National Park on Tasmania's east coast. Perched 100 meters above the relentless surges of the Tasman Sea, this location offers…
Listen in the app2The Accessible Boardwalk — Engineering for Inclusivity
The Cape Tourville circuit is celebrated as one of Tasmania's '60 great short walks' for a very specific reason: its exceptional accessibility. The 'boardwalk or gravel track is wide with gently graded slopes,' making it suitable…
Listen in the app3The Lighthouse Structure — A Beacon of Halogen and Granite
The Cape Tourville Lighthouse is an 'unmanned' structure that stands 11 meters tall, but its significance far outweighs its physical height. Constructed in 1971, it was built to 'assist the safe passage' of vessels along the busy…
Listen in the app4Wineglass Bay Lookout — Whaling History and Recovery
From our vantage point at Cape Tourville, we can see 'beautiful Wineglass Bay,' a location that is both a natural wonder and a site of dark historical industry. In the 1850s, Wineglass Bay was a 'whaling station,' and the bay's…
Listen in the app5The Nuggets — A Bird's Eye View of Biodiversity
Just offshore from Cape Tourville lie 'The Nuggets,' a cluster of four granite islets that are a 'hotspot for biodiversity.' These islands, covering about 6.7 hectares, might look 'inhospitable' to humans, but they are a…
Listen in the app6French Exploration — Baudin, Flinders, and the Naming of Cape Tourville
The history of Cape Tourville is deeply intertwined with the age of European exploration. The cape was named by the French explorer 'Nicolas Baudin in 1802,' after the famous French admiral, the Comte de Tourville. …
Listen in the app7Freycinet's Granite Coast — A Geological Masterpiece
The geology of Cape Tourville and the broader Freycinet National Park is a subject of great fascination. The park is characterized by its 'magnificent' pink granite, which forms the iconic Hazards mountain range and the sheer…
Listen in the app8Closing
As we complete our circuit of the Cape Tourville Lighthouse, we are left with a sense of the sheer scale and beauty of the Tasmanian coast. We have walked the 'accessible' path, examined the 'modern' beacon, and marveled at the…
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What is Cape Tourville Lighthouse?
Cape Tourville Lighthouse is a place in Tasmania · Australia with 8 story sections on Tellby. You can read the opening of each section on this page; the sound plays in the app.
| Location | Tasmania · Australia |
|---|---|
| Type | Nature |
| Story sections | 8 |
| Text language | English |
| Coordinates | -42.1231, 148.3418 |
| Last updated |