by Garry Searle | Sep 17, 2020 | Lighthouse visits, Victoria
Sad to hear of the plight of Cape Otway Lighthouse. The operators have announced that beyond March 2021 they will be forced to close permanently. This would be a terrible situation which would leave the lighthouse, the oldest on the mainland, in even more...
by Garry Searle | Apr 1, 2020 | New South Wales, Tasmania
Prism Magazine Archive Prism is the magazine for LoA members since it was formed in 2002. Archive copies of the Prism are available for download for members. 2002-2009 | 2010-2019 | 2020-2029 Download the latest edition here This Edition COVER PHOTOIron Pot...
by Garry Searle | Jul 5, 2019 | Automation, UK
Royal Sovereign LighthouseLess than 50 years after it was constructed, the Royal Sovereign Lighthouse, in the English Channel, is to be dismantled.The Royal Sovereign lighthouse is located 11 km offshore from Eastbourne in the English Channel. It has marked the Royal...
by Garry Searle | Jun 20, 2019 | Lighthouse visits, Victoria
Cape Schanck is 160 years old and celebrations will be held on June 29 and 30.
by Garry Searle | Jun 10, 2019 | Lighthouse visits, New South Wales
Precision Helicopters are offering all LOA members (proof of membership required) a free poster of an aerial photo of South Solitary Island Lighthouse with each booking. They also said that if there were sufficient LOA members book, they could do an exclusive LOA...
by Ian Clifford | May 10, 2019 | New South Wales
Some of you will remember that 4 years ago I raised Lighthouses of Australia’s concerns about the placement of an ANZAC logo on the Kiama lighthouse. Many of you like me will not be surprised to learn its now being proposed that the ANZAC logo be made permanent....
by Garry Searle | Jan 21, 2019 | Lighthouse visits, Tasmania
The Friends of Maatsuyker Island, Wildcare Inc. (FOMI) run occasional boat trips to Maatsuyker Island to provide support to the Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service (PWS) Volunteer Caretakers and the island operations. Boat landings are only planned for late...
by Garry Searle | Dec 19, 2018 | Accommodation, New South Wales
Refurbished historic lighthouse keepers’ cottages on the NSW mid-north coast have re-opened for short-stay accommodation, offering a unique holiday experience at the Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse at Seal Rocks. National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Area...
by Garry Searle | Nov 1, 2018 | New South Wales
This Saturday the 3rd of November, Lighthouses of Australia will relight the Historic light at Green Cape on behalf of NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service in conjunction with the Eden Whale Festival. The 1st of November 2018 marks 135 years since the light was...
by Ian Clifford | Oct 21, 2018 | New South Wales
Warden Head Makeover Congratulations to the dedicated staff of the NSW Dept of Industry and their contractor KGB Protective Coatings from Gateshead NSW for the excellent execution of the Warden Head Lighthouse restoration project. The lighthouse will soon be back in...
