Lighthouses of Australia Inc

The magnificent 1st order lens at Point Perpendicular, alight for ILW 2007 Image: Garry Searle

International Lighthouse Weekend - 16/17 August 2008

by Joy Adcock

The seventh International Lighthouse Weekend intends to raise the profile of lighthouses, lightvessels and other navigational aids, promoting our maritime heritage. Many lighthouses and places of associated interest will be open to the public, and there will be special events at lighthouses and lightvessels throughout the world.

There will be radio and press publicity before the event. Trusts and Friends groups will be able to use this day to raise awareness of their work and involvement in the preservation of the history of lightkeeping.

Also on this weekend, amateur radio operators around the world will be transmitting from lighthouses with the objective of fostering international relations. Over 350 lights in 50 countries will be on the air. See www.illw.net/2008_list.htm for the latest list of participants.

If you would like to be involved, please let us know, so we can publicise as many events as possible. We would love your organisation to be involved, and get as many lighthouses as possible open to the public. Please publicise this important event in your journal, in local newspapers and radio, and on your website.

For the latest news on what's happening, visit the Association of Lighthouse Keepers website www.alk.org.uk 

I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards

Joy Adcock
Press and Publicity Officer
Association of Lighthouse Keepers

Email: publicity@alk.org.uk 
www.alk.org.uk

Currently there are 21 lighthouses in Australia that will be participating over the weekend. They are:

• NSW - Norah Head, Macquarie, Green Cape, Point Perpendicular*, Cape Bailey, Warden Head, Wollongong Harbour*
• Vic - Split Point, Cape Liptrap, Point Lonsdale, Point Hicks, Williamstown, Cape Otway, Cape Schanck
• Tas - Currie, Cape Bruny
• Qld - Cleveland Point, New Burnett Heads, Grassy Hill
• SA - Point Malcolm
• WA - Cape Leeuwin, Cape Naturaliste

        * To be re-lit