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International Lighthouse & Lightship
Weekend
- Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 August 2005
Join the fun and help to raise the public profile of our lighthouses. Many lighthouses and places of associated interest will be open to the public, and there will be special events at lighthouses all around the world.
Over the past 7 years, International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (ILLW) has grown to over 370 lighthouses in some 51 countries around the world participating in the event. The event is always held on the 3rd full weekend in August and it now coincides on the Sunday with International Lighthouse Day.
The lighthouses are "activated" by amateur radio operators, and the basic objective of the event is to promote public awareness of lighthouses and lightships and their need for preservation and restoration, to promote amateur radio. Hams set up their gear in or next to a lighthouse / lightship, and make contact with other lighthouses.
The public is invited to participate, to learn about radio and the importance of lighthouses and their preservation.
International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend is organised and co-ordinated by Mike Dalrymple, GM4SUC, who also manages the ILLW website. The manager of the list of participating lighthouses is Kevin Mulcahy, VK2CE.
The list of Australian lighthouses confirmed as participating in this year's event are as follows:
| Lighthouse | Call sign | Location | ARLHS No* | QSL Route/ARLHS Memb. No |
| Grassy Hill Light | VI4GHL | Cooktown, QLD | AUS-083 | Buro via VK4MIK |
| Norah Head | VK2ATZ | Norah Head, NSW | AUS-119 | Buro |
| Smoky Cape | VK2EP | Smoky Cape, NSW | AUS-149 | VK2EP |
| Evans Head | VK2JUB | Evans Head, NSW | AUS-175 | Buro or PO Box 524 Lismore NSW 2480 |
| Cape Byron | VK2WIR | Byron Bay, NSW | AUS-025 | Buro or PO Box 524 Lismore NSW 2480 |
| Black Lighthouse | VK3ATL | Queenscliff, VIC | AUS-263 | Buro (Geelong Amateur Radio Club) |
| Point Hicks | VK3EG | Cann River, VIC | AUS-133 | East Gippsland Radio Group, PO Box 688, Bairnsdale VIC 3875 |
| Caloundra Head Old | VK4WIS | Caloundra, QLD | AUS-253 | VK4WIS via buro or direct via SCARC, 85 Godfrey's Rd, Bli Bli QLD |
| Cape Cleveland | VK4WIT | Cape Cleveland, QLD | AUS-027 | Buro |
* ARLHS - Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society Identification Number
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