This is a micro cache hidden in one of our favourite sunset viewing places. The nearby Crookhaven Heads Lighthouse is one of the most endangered lighthouses in the area and thought it could use a mention.
The original lighthouse was constructed of timber in 1882 and located as part of the Shoalhaven Signal Station on the beach 200 metres to the west of the current lighthouse. The apparatus had been a brass lantern.
A red light made from a ship's masthead light supported on two poles had been exhibited by boatmen here at the river entrance since 1872.
The new brick lighthouse to the south of the mouth of the Shoalhaven River was commissioned in 1904 and the old wooden lighthouse was immediately demolished.
The new structure incorporated the lantern from the former lighthouse on Cape St George which in turn had been demolished following the coming into service of the Point Perpendicular light in 1899.
It was at this time that the name of the station was changed to Crookhaven Heads.
The cache is on a small headland, so care should be taken, there are plenty of steps.