Bathurst Lighthouse, Lighthouse on Bathurst Point, Rottnest Island, Australia

Bathurst Lighthouse stands on Bathurst Point in the northeast of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. It is one of the island's two lighthouses, alongside Wadjemup Lighthouse. The light and lantern house were originally intended for Cape Leeuwin but were installed here instead.

Bathurst Lighthouse was activated in 1900 after a run of shipping disasters off Rottnest Island, among them the 1899 loss of the City of York. Its light and lantern house had originally been intended for Cape Leeuwin but were built here instead. In 1920 a flasher replaced the continuous acetylene flame and the keepers were withdrawn; electric light followed in 1986.

The light was first an acetylene flame, replaced in 1920 by a flasher that made the keeper superfluous; electric light came in 1986. The lantern house and light source had originally been intended for Cape Leeuwin. The light shows four flashes every sixteen seconds.

You get to the lighthouse by taking a ferry from Perth to Rottnest Island, then walking or cycling on marked trails. Plan to spend time on the pathways and be ready for changing weather conditions on the island.

Bathurst Lighthouse is the rear light of the Kingston Reef leading lights, which guide ships leaving Fremantle through the reefs near Rottnest Island. Its light shows a group of four flashes every sixteen seconds. The lantern house and light source were originally intended for Cape Leeuwin before being built here.