Point Danger

Point Danger is a coastal headland and lookout at the New South Wales-Queensland border between Tweed Heads and Coolangatta. Marked by the Captain Cook Memorial Lighthouse and a bicentennial monument, it offers elevated panoramic views over the Pacific Ocean, Snapper Rocks and the Gold Coast beaches. Named by Captain James Cook in 1770, the site is a popular vantage point for whale watching, surfing observation and photography.

Visitors can expect an elevated headland with paved walkways and fenced lookout platforms offering 270-degree views of the Pacific Ocean, Duranbah Beach, Snapper Rocks Superbank and the Gold Coast coastline. The site features the Captain Cook Memorial Lighthouse, a Cook monument and border marker, interpretive signage, and open grassed areas. It is an exposed, windy coastal environment popular for sightseeing, photography, whale watching in season and watching surfers below.

Named Point Danger by Captain James Cook on 16 May 1770 during his voyage along the east coast of Australia. A memorial was erected in 1970 to mark the bicentenary of Cook's naming, and the Captain Cook Memorial Lighthouse was commissioned in 1971 and is the only lighthouse in the world to have an experimental laser light at the time of construction. The headland also marks the surveyed border between New South Wales and Queensland.

Marks the state border between New South Wales and Queensland and is a landmark for the twin towns of Tweed Heads and Coolangatta. The lookout and lighthouse are community icons and a focal point for coastal recreation, surfing culture associated with Snapper Rocks, and seasonal whale migration viewing.