Cape Wickham is the most northerly point of

King Island King Island, Kings Island or King's Island may refer to: Australia * King Island (Queensland) * King Island, at Wellington Point, Queensland * King Island (Tasmania) ** King Island Council, the local government area that contains the Tasmanian is ...

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Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. From here, it is to

Cape Otway Cape Otway is a cape and a bounded locality of the Colac Otway Shire in southern Victoria, Australia on the Great Ocean Road; much of the area is enclosed in the Great Otway National Park. History Cape Otway was originally inhabited by the Gadub ...

on the Australian mainland. In the 19th century, ships coming from Europe would sometimes attempt to sail between Cape Wickham and Cape Otway to cut down on the required travelling time to

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

, however the trip was dangerous and the price of failure high; usually shipwreck on the unforgiving King Island coast. The

Cape Wickham lighthouse The Cape Wickham Lighthouse is a lighthouse situated at Cape Wickham on King Island, Tasmania. At tall, it is Australia's tallest lighthouse. The lighthouse is listed on the Commonwealth Heritage Register. There are eleven timber flights o ...

situated on the cape had its 150th anniversary in 2011 The lighthouse was constructed in the 1860s when the island was still known as ''King's Island''. On 30 October 2015,

Cape Wickham Links Cape Wickham Links is an 18-hole golf course that was constructed on the northern tip of King Island, north of Currie, on Tasmania. It opened to the public on 30 October 2015. A par 72 course, it is long. Critically acclaimed, it has been rank ...

, and 18-hole golf course, opened to the public.

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