Guilderton Lighthouse

There are few lighthouses in WA that offer both dark skies as well as proximity to Perth – and Guilderton Lighthouse is one of them. About an hour north of Perth, this lighthouse stands away from the nearby town of Guilderton and looks out over the Indian ocean. It is tall and thin (rather than squat and fat as some lighthouses are) with its light beams shielded on the land side. The immediate area around lighthouse is fenced off, but there is plenty of vantage points to capture the lighthouse under the night sky. A sandy track (only traversable by 4wd) does a complete circuit around the lighthouse which provides an easy path to walk along and find the optimum vantage point to frame the lighthouse with a particular portion of the sky. (Guilderton, Western Australia, Australia)