On a clear day up at the old, decommissioned Cape Point lighthouse, it feels like you can see all the way down to Antarctica.

In the 15th century, Portuguese explorer and navigator Bartolomeu Dias sailed past here and dubbed this rocky peninsula the Cabo Tormentosa – Cape of Storms.

In 1859 the first Cape Point lighthouse was built. Positioned on top of the cliffs overlooking the sea. But it was too high up, and its beam was often obscured by mist and foul weather.

In 1911, a Portuguese ocean liner called the Lusitania ran into Bellows Rock below the lighthouse and sank. This prompted the decommissioning of the first lighthouse and the building of another, lower down and closer to the sea.

Today, the 'new' lighthouse at Cape Point sports the brightest lighthouse light in the country at 10-million candelas – visible for approx. 60km out at sea.