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Parriwi Head Light

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Parriwi Head Light House, off Parriwi Road, Mosman 2088
Parriwi Head Light House, off Parriwi Road, Mosman 2088

Parriwi Head Light, also known as Rosherville Light and Port Jackson Entrance Range Rear Light, is an active lighthouse located just off Parriwi Road, near Rosherville Reserve on the south side of Middle Harbour in Mosman, New South Wales, Australia. It serves as the rear range light, Grotto Point Light serving as the front light, into Port Jackson. Grotto Point Light is located almost exactly 1 mile (1.6 km) (1,690 yards (1,550 m) to be exact) in front of Parriwi Head Light. It is one of four lighthouses in a style now sometimes called "Disney Castle", the others being Grotto Point Light, Vaucluse Bay Range Front Light and Vaucluse Bay Range Rear Light.The light is shone through a horizontal slit just below the dome.

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Parriwi Head Light
Parriwi Lighthouse Walking Track, Sydney Mosman

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N -33.812138888889 ° E 151.246375 °
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Rosherville (Parriwi Head)

Parriwi Lighthouse Walking Track
2088 Sydney, Mosman
New South Wales, Australia
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Parriwi Head Light House, off Parriwi Road, Mosman 2088
Parriwi Head Light House, off Parriwi Road, Mosman 2088
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