Time Cannon - Cape Borda Light Station, Kangaroo Island, South Australia - Time Signals on Waymarking.com

The small cannon was put in place at the Light Station to be fired during fog to signal ships of danger before the introduction of radio. It was also believed that due to the Russian scare the placement of the cannon was symbolic of a small military presence, and therefore seen as a deterrence to invasion from possible enemy ships! Indeed one of the reasons for building the lightstation in that position was to be a lookout for Russian ships.

In late 1999, NPWSA restored the cannon and test-fired it at Midnight 2000 as part of a global exercise of time-signals at maritime locations around the world. The cannon was found to be Y2K compliant and has since fired every day at the traditional hour of 1pm

Information sourced from www.lighthouse.net.au 18/2/2013

Type: Time Cannon In service: yes Time of signal: 13:00 Year established (if known): 1999 Address: Cape Borda Kangaroo Island South Australia Weblink (if any): [Web Link] Year decommissioned (if applicable): Not listed

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