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3. Location of Table Cape Lighthouse within Tasmania (Imagery ©2021 TerraMetrics, Map Data: ©2021 Google)

Figure 4. Table Cape and lighthouse, Tasmania (Imagery ©2021 CNES/Airbus, Maxar Technologies, Map data: ©2021 Google)
  2.2 Setting and landscape
Table Cape and its flat-topped cliffs are the remnants of a 12 million-year-old volcano. Its nutritious soil encouraged the establishment of various farms along the Cape which has resulted in the land's division into large, open fields. Table Cape Lighthouse is nestled between the Table Cape Conservation Area's cliff edge and the Table Cape Tulip Farms.
A lookout was established on the Cape's cliff-edge approximately 500 metres south of the lighthouse.
Figure 5. View of Table Cape Tulip Farm from lighthouse tower (© AMSA, 2018)
Figure 6. View from lighthouse tower of Conservation Area vegetation along cliff-side (© AMSA, 2017)

Fauna and flora
Table Cape is widely renowned for its tulip harvests each spring. Covering the Cape in wild patchwork colours, the harvest produces a variety of tulip, daffodil and lilium species. The lighthouse also borders the Cape's 1.26 kilometre-squared conservation area which is primarily comprised of dense scrubland.
In regards to local fauna, dolphins have been recorded in the waters below the lighthouse, and the endangered Beddomeia capensis, a freshwater snail, is found only in the Table Cape area.

  2.3 Lease and ownership
AMSA leases the lighthouse from the Minister administering the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 (TAS). The leased area is comprised of two lots:
       * Lot 1: Lighthouse Tower (819 metre-squared)
       * Lot 2: (150 metre-squared)
Owing to the popularity of the site, the lease stipulates that guided tours are permitted on-site. AMSA upholds a tourism licence with the Minister administering the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002 (TAS) which allows guided tour groups access inside the tower from sunrise to sunset. Access to the lantern room and basement is restricted to authorised personnel only. A tourist sub-licence was granted to the Waratah Wynyard Council, and tours are currently carried out inside the lighthouse tower.
Figure 7. Table Cape Lighthouse, AMSA Map of Lease 2018 (Map data: © Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AeroGRID, IGN, and the GIS User Community)
Table Cape Lighthouse is the only remaining structure from the lightstation. The land surrounding AMSA's lease is managed by the Minister administering the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 (TAS).
  2.4 Access
Table Cape Lighthouse can be accessed via Lighthouse Road (Table Cape, TAS) – however, this road is closed during nightfall (See Figure 8). The general public are permitted in the vicinity of the lighthouse, however internal access is reserved for authorised personnel and tour groups only.
Figure 8. Roundabout and carpark at base of