Sunrise at Fingal Head, Tweed Coast

Fingal Head, Tweed Coast, NSW, Australia.

Fingal Head is approx 4kms south of the world famous Snapper Rocks & Kirra surf breaks of the Gold Coast, Queensland Australia. It is a place of natural beauty and is one of the areas hidden gems. The headland itself is an amazing basalt rock formation that was formed around 23 million years ago by ancient lava flows from the nearby and extinct shield volcano, Mt Warning. Mt Warning is also known as Wollumbin to the local Aboriginal people and it is one of the world's largest and best examples of an erosion caldera with a diameter of over 40km.

The Fingal Head Lighthouse was built in 1872 to help guide ships along the coastline and to remind seafarers to steer clear of Cook Island located just offshore. The lighthouse itself is not very high, standing at only 7m tall, however its white light has the power of 1,000 candelas and has a range of 17 nautical miles (31km). While most people recognize Byron Bay as the most easterly point of Australia's mainland, the headland at Fingal is not too far behind in terms of its easterly location and the lighthouse still plays an active & important role today.

Dreamtime Beach, located on the southern side of Fingal Head is also one of the area's hidden gems and a place to go to escape the crowds. Despite the fact that you're only a short distance from the rest of civilization, Dreamtime Beach maintains a certain seclusion and solitude that leads you to believe you're a million miles away.