West Cape Lighthouse
A slender modern lighthouse on a boardwalk-accessed headland inside Innes, famous for sunset views and passing southern right whales in winter.
West Cape sits on the western flank of Innes National Park, a short boardwalk leading out to a slim, modern lighthouse perched above low cliffs and surf. It is the unofficial sunset spot of the park: the boardwalk faces due west across the Spencer Gulf, and on a still evening the crowd is mostly photographers and the odd kangaroo.
The headland is also one of the better land-based whale-watching points on the peninsula. Between May and October, southern right whales move through these waters, and patient visitors are sometimes rewarded with a blow or a breach offshore.
The walk out is flat and fully accessible, making it one of the easiest big-view experiences in Innes. Bring a jacket; the wind here rarely takes a night off.
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- Cape Nelson Lighthouse.jpg by Sift-jetty.08 , CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons