Cape du Couedic Lighthouse

Before construction could begin, a jetty was built in Weirs Cove, north of the lighthouse, and a flying fox erected to haul the materials up the cliff. afterwards moving to Troubridge Island Lighthouse for a few years. By the 1950s, shipping around Cape du Couedic had decreased significantly, with most vessels using the Backstairs Passage and Investigator Strait, so Cape du Couedic was automated in 1957, no longer requiring keepers. The First Order lens, complete with mercury float pedestal, was removed and replaced by a Third Order fixed lens, lit by acetylene gas. The lighthouse was heritage-listed on the SA Heritage Register on 24 July 1980. In 1991 restoration work on the three lighthouse-keeper's houses was undertaken, after which they became available for holiday rentals. In 2000 further work was carried out, including the replacing the roofs with slate roofs, true to the original. ==Description==

The lighthouse is located within the Flinders Chase National Park, south of Rocky River on the south-western point of Kangaroo Island. It is accessible by road. with a low voltage lamp and six-position lamp changer, is in operation. The original buildings are intact and preserved, and visitors to the area can stay in the three keepers' cottages, while the lighthouse is a museum. The lighthouse, its former keepers' cottages, stable and store, and the jetty, funnelway and the ruins of a store at Weirs Cove, have separate listings on the SA Heritage Register, while the tower and cottages are also listed on the National Heritage List. ==See also==