Historic Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse is situated at the most south westerly tip of Australia, standing at the point where the Indian and Southern Oceans meet - 8 kilometres west of Augusta. It is a famous maritime landmark and an important meteorological site from which data is collected. The tower stands 39 metres high from ground level and 56 metres above sea level. Its piercing beam, which has an intensity of one million candles, shines over the surrounding rugged sea and landscape for 26 nautical miles or 48 kilometres. Cape Leeuwin on which the lighthouse stands is also the starting point for the Cape to Cape Track.
Nearby is also the Old Waterwheel, a wooden water wheel that once supplied
water to the lighthouse.
