Australia's easternmost lighthouse on the mainland, built in 1901 and with a light intensity of 2,200,000 cd, it's also Australia's most powerful lighthouse. It is only 23 metres high, yet it still attracts more than 500,000 visitors per year.
Cape Byron Light, also called Cape Byron Lightstation, is an active heritage-listed lighthouse and now interpretative centre, maritime museum, administration office, retail building, accommodation, tourist attraction and visitor attraction located at Cape Byron on the Far North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Charles Harding and Cecil W. Darley and built from 1899 to 1901 by Messrs Mitchell & King. It is also known as Cape Byron Lightstation, Byron Bay Lighthouse, Cape Byron Headland and Cape Byron Headland Reserve. The property is owned by NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service.
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As the name of the place suggests, it's the easternmost point of the Australian mainland. Quite a view from here, and gets particularly dramatic after dark.