 Bellambi Point protected the port from the south but its reef extends 600m to seaward and was a hazard to shipping.The small 'Stone Fleet' steamer "Resolute" was merely passing Bellambi, in 1907, when it became stranded on the reef and broke up.It was not until 1913, that an electrically-powered occulting light—visible up to 12.9 km to sea—was erected on Bellambi Point to aid shipping.