Fingal Head Lighthouse

Fingal Head Lighthouse is a historic coastal lighthouse located on the rocky headland at Fingal Head in Tweed Shire, New South Wales, near the Queensland border. Built in 1872 to designs by Colonial Architect James Barnet, the small white concrete tower marks the entrance to the Tweed River and overlooks Cook Island. Notable for its distinctive hexagonal basalt columns, panoramic ocean views and heritage listing, it is a popular day-use sightseeing point.

Visitors can expect a small white concrete lighthouse tower situated on an elevated basalt headland surrounded by dramatic hexagonal column formations. The site is an open outdoor headland with a short walking track, grassy reserve and cliff-top viewing areas offering panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean, Cook Island, Dreamtime Beach and the Tweed Coast. The lighthouse exterior can be viewed and photographed but interior access is not available. The area is used for sightseeing, photography, coastal walks and seasonal whale watching.