Bradleys Head Light

Bradleys Head Light
Bradleys Head Light in 2008
New South Wales
Location	Bradleys Head New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°51′13.02″S 151°14′48.28″E / 33.8536167°S 151.2467444°E / -33.8536167; 151.2467444Coordinates: 33°51′13.02″S 151°14′48.28″E / 33.8536167°S 151.2467444°E / -33.8536167; 151.2467444
Year first constructed	1905
Foundation	rock
Construction	concrete
Tower shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern	white tower and lantern
Height	20 feet (6.1 m)
Focal height	22 feet (6.7 m)
Range	6 nautical miles (11 km)
Characteristic	Oc.G. 3s
Fog signal	Horn: ev. 30s (bl. 10s, si. 4s, bl. 4s, si. 4s, bl. 4s, si. 4s)
Admiralty number	K2662
NGA number	111-6216
ARLHS number	AUS-243
Managing agent	National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)

Bradleys Head Light is an active lighthouse located at Bradleys Head, a headland protruding from the north shore of Sydney Harbour, within the metropolitan area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is the sibling of Robertson Point Light.

The lighthouse is mounted on a rock and connected to shore by a footbridge.

The light characteristic shown is a green occulting light with a cycle of three seconds (Oc.G. 3s), the same as Robertson Point Light.

Site operation

The light is operated by the Sydney Ports Corporation, while the site is managed by the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water as part of the Sydney Harbour National Park.

Visiting

The site is open and accessible to the public, but the tower itself is closed. Parking is available at the end of Bradleys Head Road. Close to the lighthouse is the foremast of the cruiser HMAS Sydney, a monument for all Australian sailors killed at war.

Gallery

Bradleys Head Light at low-tide, showing the foundation
Historic view of Bradleys Head Lighthouse showing the Sydney Harbour Trust work boat Aurora in the background. Note the different light source and the bell
Bradleys Head Light on the right. Foremast of HMAS Sydney on left

References

List of Lights, Pub. 111, The West Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. and Hawaii), Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Islands of the North and South Pacific Oceans (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2009. p. 127. Listed as "Bradley, head".
Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: New South Wales". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2010-08-29.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bradleys Head Lighthouse.

"List of Lighthouses of New South Wales". Lighthouses of Australia. Lighthouses of Australia Inc.
Searle, Garry. "List of Lighthouses - New South Wales". Lighthouses of Australia. SeaSide Lights.

Lighthouses of New South Wales and Jervis Bay Territory

North Coast	Fingal Head Cape Byron Richmond River Clarence River North Solitary Island South Solitary Island Smoky Cape Tacking Point Crowdy Head Sugarloaf Point Nelson Head Point Stephens Nobbys Head Norah Head

Outside Sydney Harbour	Barranjoey Hornby Macquarie Cape Bailey

Inside Sydney Harbour	Grotto Point Bradleys Head Fort Denison Robertson Point Parriwi Head Eastern Channel Western Channel Vaucluse Bay - Front Vaucluse Bay - Rear Shark Island

South Coast	Wollongong Head Wollongong Breakwater Kiama Crookhaven Heads Point Perpendicular Cape St George Warden Head Burrewarra Point Montague Island Green Cape

See also List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Australia

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