Point Lookout Light, Australia

Point Lookout Light is an active lighthouse on Point Lookout, a headland on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia.

Point Lookout Light
Construction of the Lighthouse, 1932
LocationPoint Lookout
Queensland
Australia
Coordinates27°25′53.83″S 153°32′25.41″E
Tower
Constructed1932
Constructionconcrete tower
Height16 feet (4.9 m)
Shapesquare tower and lantern removed
Markingswhite tower
OperatorAustralian Maritime Safety Authority
Light
Focal height256 feet (78 m)
Range15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)
CharacteristicFl (3) W 15s.

History

A proposal for a lighthouse and a signal station on Point Lookout were made as early as 1825.[1] A pilot station was built in 1825 elsewhere on the island, on Amity Point, lighting the South Passage into Moreton Bay.[2] In 1848 this pilot station was also moved.[1]

A lighthouse on Point Lookout was finally constructed in 1932, the first settlement at the point. The light source was a carbide lamp operated by acetylene gas, and a hut for storage of the gas cylinders was built at the close by beach, which was to be named Cylinder Beach for this reason.[1]

Structure and display

The lighthouse is 16-foot (4.9 m) high, made of concrete and painted white.[3] The current display is three white flashes every 15 seconds (Fl.(3)W. 15s).[3]

See also

References
  1. "Point Lookout Foreshore (listing QLD602261)". Australia Heritage Places Inventory. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.
  2. Horton, Helen (1983). Islands of Moreton Bay. Spring Hill, Queensland: Boorarong Publications. p. 29. ISBN 0-908175-67-1.
  3. List of Lights, Pub. 111: The West Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. and Hawaii), Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Islands of the North and South Pacific Oceans (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2009. p. 120.
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