Inside tip · Apollo Bay & the Otways

Cape Otway Lighthouse on the Great Ocean Road was built in which year?

Answer: 1848

Built in 1848, Cape Otway is the oldest surviving lighthouse on mainland Australia, 90 metres above Bass Strait.

Fri–Tue 9.30am–4.30pm · check before you go

For many thousands of 19th-century migrants, after months at sea, it was their first sight of land. Tower climbs may be closed for conservation works, so check before you go.