Point Moore Lighthouse — Attraction in West End

𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝, 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚏𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔, 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 = 𝙿𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝙼𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙻𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎, 𝙶𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚍𝚝𝚘𝚗, 𝚆𝙰 😎🤪😜

𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝙶𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚍𝚝𝚘𝚗.

𝙰 4-6 𝚑𝚛𝚜 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎. 𝚆𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚔, 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚠𝚊𝚙 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗.

𝙿𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝙼𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙻𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚗 1878. 𝙾𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚒𝚗 1877 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚏𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚜. 𝚘𝚏 𝙱𝚒𝚛𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚑𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝙾 𝙰𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚐𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 "𝙻𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝙻𝚘𝚞𝚒𝚜𝚊"

The Moore Point lighthouse is the oldest surviving Commonwealth lighthouse in Western. It was also the first the first steel tower on the mainland of Australia. “The lighthouse and the lens are emblematic of the growth of a new colonial town in WA and is one of the earliest built examples of shipping infrastructure still operational in the region,” Ms O’Brien said.

“The City of Geraldton has grown up around the Point Moore lighthouse. This iconic landmark is a pivotal point in many people’s experiences and memories of daily town and nautical life in Geraldton.

“The striking red and white building has been reproduced in street sculptures, letterboxes, water fountains and logos, regularly inspiring local artists and photographers in their landscape works.”

#𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎...

Well.. we went during the night, thinking that there'd be some light to at least take photos of but was a bit surprised to find the area completely black and only 1 or 2 street lamps a bit further away. I personally still found the view quite pretty, especially seeing the light shining out at the top of the lighthouse. Like the others had mentioned, couldn't really get close to it since it was fenced off. Taking photos of the lighthouse at night, even with the flashlight on, only made the lighthouse look scary. Too bad we didn't time to go back again during the day (the next day) so missed out on the day view which looked more nice then the night view. After seeing the lighthouse, we decided to take a little walk at the beach right opposite to the lighthouse which was really really nice, but would be better if they put one or two lights just near the entrance of the beach but there was no light so it was quite scary. We walked with our flashlight on our phones. If you do plan to go there at nice, maybe bring torches or just go here...

Another of Geraldton’s great identifiers is this 34-metre lighthouse that continues to guide ocean traffic from the tip of Point Moore.

When it went up in 1878 this was the first all-steel tower on mainland Australia, and is easily recognised by its horizontal red and white stripes.

The 1000W tungsten halogen beacon has a range of 23 nautical miles.

Interestingly, the structure was built in Birmingham, England in 1876 and shipped here in one piece, arriving the next year.

You can get to the lighthouse in five minutes on foot from the CBD, and although the lighthouse is a working facility there are interpretive signs outside with some facts and figures about...