📜 Historically significant beacons built in 1924, guiding ships to Melbourne. They mark the center of the Port Melbourne Channel from Port Phillip Bay. Consist of a wooden front beacon offshore and a concrete rear beacon 600 meters inland, now surrounded by homes in Beacon Cove estate. The 26-meter-high rear beacon has a narrow 1.5-degree arc. Still used by ships today and recognized for architectural and historic significance by the Victorian Heritage Register.
💡 See historic navigational aids still in use
🚢 Guide ships even today
🏛️ Historically significant structures from 1920s-1930s shipping era
🚶♀️ Easily accessible via parkland, public transport, walkway, and bicycle path
🏙️ Unique blend of industrial history and modern housing estate
🚫 No tours available
🅿️ Accessible via a park at the rear of the new housing estate. Public transport available to nearby Station Pier and the shorefront walkway and bicycle path.
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