Point Lookout Light, Australia

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

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 Script error: No such module "convert". 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

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References

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External links

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