Cave Point Lighthouse

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his lighthouse almost has it all. Cave Point Lighthouse is no longer in use and has been decommissioned. However, whilst it no longer sends beacons of light out as a warning to all ships, it has been replaced by a dimmer light (for aesthetics?). This is great for long exposures, as you don't have a bright light saturating your nightscape images.  I have noted that this light is on some nights, but at other times the tower is entirely dark.

Located near Albany, the skies are dark and the landscape wonderful. You can walk up close to the lighthouse for nice wide-angle shots, or you can position yourself further away and take shots looking southward to take in the lighthouse and the surrounding landscape. The landscape around the lighthouse is short height dark green vegetation (which comes out pretty dark in night photos). Its a bit more difficult to get the lighthouse and a clear shot of the sea. Its better to go further back along the road which is positioned higher up to get some shots of the lighthouse and the waters surrounding it.