Point Danger Light, Maritime guide structure in Coolangatta, Australia
Point Danger Light is a lighthouse on the Point Danger headland between Coolangatta and Tweed Heads, on the Queensland–New South Wales border. It is built of four concrete columns marked with the four cardinal directions, with a bronze sculpture hung between them, and stands about 20 m tall.
Point Danger Light was built in 1971 to mark the bicentenary of Captain Cook's first voyage and his 1770 passage along Australia's east coast. It was the third of seven concrete towers erected in Queensland between 1964 and 1979, after Cape Capricorn Light and New Caloundra Light. First exhibited on 18 April 1971, it originally used an experimental laser light, replaced in 1975 by an electric lamp.
The tower is also called the Captain Cook Memorial Light, built for the bicentenary of Cook's 1770 voyage along Australia's east coast. Its four concrete columns are marked with the cardinal directions, and a bronze sculpture hangs between them. The site sits on the headland marking the Queensland–New South Wales border, and the adjacent one-storey building houses the Marine Rescue NSW Point Danger station.
The lighthouse grounds are open to walkers, but the tower itself is closed to the public. The site sits on the Point Danger headland on the Queensland–New South Wales border, with the Marine Rescue NSW Point Danger station in a single-storey building beside the tower. The light is operated by Transport for NSW.
The structure was one of the first in the world to test laser-based illumination technology for navigation purposes in its early years. Though the system proved impractical and was eventually replaced, it represented an innovative approach to coastal lighting.
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