Cape Liptrap Lighthouse is located in Tarwin Lower, reached along an 8 kilometre long dirt road (Cape Liptrap Road).
There's plenty of car parking, and there's three different lookout positions, along with a picnic table.
I really quite enjoy the South Gippsland Highway's almost meandering path through Gippsland. In early autumn there's already some trees starting to lose leaves, intensified today with the the very windy conditions.
The road surface itself is not a pleasant drive, I wonder if it's ever been a smooth surface to drive along, because it's always been a rougher than others highway road.
Phone reception is a little patchy from Tarwin Lower to Cape Liptrap Lighthouse, with not enough signal strength for music streaming as I drove to and from the lighthouse. Never lost phone signal, but it dropped to one bar of 3G at a few points.
Cape Liptrap Road and entrance to lighthouse car park.
The road itself to the lighthouse Cape Liptrap Road is a 8 kilometres or so of dirt road, I did it at 80 km/h or slightly lower on the way to the lighthouse, and was fine. On the way back out I was stuck albeit some distance behind a mini-van doing less than 60 km/h, and was rewarded with a significantly dirtier vehicle for it. So keep that in mind if going on a busy / dry day.
Footpath to Lighthouse.
It's about a 300 metre walk from the car park to the lighthouse, it's along a gravel path that's smooth enough. I was wearing Converse sneakers, and it was fine.
It was very windy out at the lighthouse, I was wearing a baseball cap that fits well and comfortably in most situations, but was worried it might fly off my head in the extreme wind that's out at the lighthouse.
The information plaque on the lighthouse has a quote in Latin: Olim Periculum - Nunc Salus (Once Perilous, Now Safe).
The lighthouse is a lighthouse, it's not as big as some. There's apparently been numerous shipwrecks along the coast here, the information board at the lookout lists 5 different ships that were wrecked near there.
The lighthouse remains operational to this day.
