A visual highlight of Aireys Inlet – a seaside hamlet of 800 people along the Great Ocean Road – is Split Point Lighthouse. The 217 foot, cylindrical tower was built on a 230 foot cliff near Eagle Rock Lookout in 1891 and automated in 1919. Affectionately known by locals as White Queen or White Lady, her red beacon is visible 18 miles into Bass Strait. Despite the loaming thunderstorm, these people were excited to take a tour, including climbing the 132 stairs to the light’s observation deck.
