Cape Borda Lightstation

Vis­i­tor infor­ma­tion, book­ings and park management:

Nation­al Parks Wildlife Ser­vice South Aus­tralia Kan­ga­roo Island office
Phone: (+61 8) 8553 4444
Email: DEW.​NPWSReferralsKangarooIsland@​sa.​gov.​au

Emer­gency contacts:

Med­ical, fire (includ­ing bush­fire) and police emer­gency sit­u­a­tions
Phone: Triple Zero — 000

Police Assis­tance
Phone: 131 444 for non-urgent police assistance

Nation­al Parks and Wildlife Ser­vice SA – After-hours duty offi­cer
Phone: 0477 334 898

Injured wildlife:

With­in the park
Please con­tact

Nation­al Parks Wildlife Ser­vice South Aus­tralia Kan­ga­roo Island office on (08) 8553 4444 or the after-hours duty offi­cer on 0477 334 898.

Out­side of the park
Please con­tact a local wildlife res­cue group

Marine mam­mals
If you find a sick or strand­ed marine mam­mal (includ­ing whales, seals, sea lions and dol­phins), please contact

Nation­al Parks Wildlife Ser­vice South Aus­tralia Kan­ga­roo Island office on (08) 8553 4444 or the after-hours duty offi­cer on 0477 334 898.

Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ples have occu­pied, enjoyed and man­aged the lands and waters of this State for thou­sands of gen­er­a­tions. For Abo­rig­i­nal first nations, cre­ation ances­tors laid down the laws of the Coun­try and bestowed a range of cus­tom­ary rights and oblig­a­tions to the many Abo­rig­i­nal Nations across our state. 

There are many places across the State that have great spir­i­tu­al sig­nif­i­cance to Abo­rig­i­nal first nations. At some of these places Abo­rig­i­nal cul­tur­al pro­to­cols, such as restrict­ed access, are pro­mot­ed and vis­i­tors are asked to respect the wish­es of Tra­di­tion­al Owners.

In places where pro­to­cols are not pro­mot­ed vis­i­tors are asked to show respect by not touch­ing or remov­ing any­thing, and make sure you take all your rub­bish with you when you leave.

Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ples con­tin­ue to play an active role in car­ing for their Coun­try, includ­ing in parks across South Australia. 

• DEW Park management
• DEW Abo­rig­i­nal partnerships

The Cape Bor­da light­house was built in 1858, and is the third old­est remain­ing in South Aus­tralia. It’s also the only square stone light­house in South Aus­tralia and only one three light­hous­es in Aus­tralia to retain a Dev­ille lantern room.

It was built to guide sail­ing ships arriv­ing off the Roar­ing Forty trade-winds and into the Inves­ti­ga­tor Straits.

Apart from warn­ing ships of dan­ger, the light­sta­tion at Cape Bor­da was also a look­out for Russ­ian ships. A small can­non was installed there – it was used to sig­nal ships of dan­ger before radio was avail­able and to appear as if there was a mil­i­tary presence.

The light was con­vert­ed to auto­mat­ic oper­a­tion in 1989.

Vis­it­ing Kan­ga­roo Island? Pur­chase a Kan­ga­roo Island Tour Pass for 12 months access to:

• Seal Bay guid­ed tour, board­walk and lookout
• Flinders Chase Nation­al Park entry
• Cape Bor­da Light­staion self-guid­ed tour
• Cape Willough­by Light­sta­tion tour

Stay five nights in one of Nation­al Parks South Aus­tralia her­itage accom­mo­da­tion places on Kan­ga­roo Island and receive a free Kan­ga­roo Island Tour Pass for all guests for the dura­tion of your stay!

For more infor­ma­tion about pass­es, read the FAQs or con­tact our Nation­al Parks and Wildlife Ser­vice Vis­i­tor Ser­vice Cen­tre on (+61 8) 8207 7700.