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The Best Attractions In King Island

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King Island is an island in the Bass Strait, belonging to the Australian state of Tasmania. It is the largest of three islands known as the New Year Group, and the second-largest island in Bass Strait . The island's population at the 2016 census was 1,585 people, up from 1,566 in 2011. The local government area of the island is the King Island Council. The island forms part of the official land divide between the Great Australian Bight and Bass Strait, off the north-western tip of Tasmania and about halfway to the mainland state of Victoria. It is subject to the infamous Roaring Forties winds. The southernmost point is Stokes Point and the northernmost...
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The Best Attractions In King Island

  • 1. Cape Wickham Lighthouse Currie
    The Cape Wickham Lighthouse is a lighthouse situated at Cape Wickham on King Island, Tasmania. At 48 metres tall, it is Australia's tallest lighthouse. The lighthouse is listed on the Commonwealth Heritage Register.There are eleven timber flights of stairs in the lighthouse, with twenty steps each, which must be climbed in order to reach the top. Surrounding the lighthouse are the remains of a number of associated buildings, including a small church. There are also a number of gravestones, many belonging to those who were shipwrecked in the area after the lighthouse was built.
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  • 2. Cape Wickham Links King Island
    Cape Wickham is the most northerly point of King Island, Tasmania, Australia. From here, it is 90 kilometres to Cape Otway on the Australian mainland. In the 19th century, ships coming from Europe would sometimes attempt to sail between Cape Wickham and Cape Otway to cut down on the required travelling time to Sydney, however the trip was dangerous and the price of failure high; usually shipwreck on the unforgiving King Island coast. The Cape Wickham lighthouse situated on the cape had its 150th anniversary in 2011 The lighthouse was constructed in the 1860s when the island was still known as King's Island On 30 October 2015, Cape Wickham Links, and 18-hole golf course, opened to the public.
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