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International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend (ILLW) 2006

International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend 2006
Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 August 2006

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.

Special events at Australian lighthouses:
Cape Otway, Victoria Norah Head, NSW Cape Cleveland, QLD Split Point, Victoria	Macquarie, NSW Point Hicks, Victoria Bruny Island, Tasmania

Lighthouses of Australia Inc is keen to help promote any activities being organised as part of ILLW. If you are the manager or caretaker at a lighthouse, or an amateur radio group intending to participate in ILLW, and have special activities planned that involve the lighthouse itself, please send us details so that we can promote it here on the Lighthouses of Australia website.

Mike Dalrymple, the founder and organiser of the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend passed away 21 December 2005. ILLW is continuing in his memory, and in his honour, a minute’s silence will be held at 0001UTC. The event will therefore begin one minute later than usual at 0002UTC. Vale Mike GM4SUC

LoA President, Denise Shultz, on the air with Geelong Amateur Radio Club during ILLW 2004
Photo: Paul Shultz

Radio enthusiasts pose in front of the Green Cape tower during ILLW 2005.
Photo: Steve Merson

Over the past eight 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.

2006 Participants

The list of Australian lighthouses participating in this year's ILLW are as follows. Click on the map at right to see what's on in your state.

Please note, these lighthouses are not necessarily open to the public for International Lighthouse Day.

New South Wales
Lighthouse	ARLHS No - ILLW group/call sign
Macquarie	AUS-218 - Waverley Amateur Radio Society - see also Sydney Harbour Trust
Smoky Cape	AUS-149 - Coffs Harbour & District Amateur Radio Club
Norah Head	AUS-119 - Westlakes Amateur Radio Club
Hornby	AUS-093 - Waverley Amateur Radio Society
Crowdy Head	AUS-062 - Taree and District Amateur Radio Club
Montague Island	AUS-110 - Mid South Coast Amateur Radio Club Inc
Tacking Point	AUS-158 - Oxley Region Amateur Radio Club
Narooma Museum	AUS-113 - Mid South Coast Amateur Radio Club Inc
Green Cape	AUS-085 - VK3KLB
Warden Head	AUS-166 - VK2TVZ

Victoria
Lighthouse	ARLHS No - ILLW group/call sign
Cape Otway	AUS-043 - RAAF Williams Amateur Radio Club
Point Hicks	AUS-133 - East Gippsland Amateur Radio Group
Split Point	AUS-154 - Geelong Radio & Electronics Society - see also Eco-Logic
Cape Schanck	AUS-045 - Eastern & Mountain District Radio Club Inc
Williamstown	AUS-170 - VK3WI

Queensland
Lighthouse	ARLHS No - ILLW group/call sign
Cape Cleveland	AUS-027 - Townsville Amateur Radio Club Inc
Cleveland Point	AUS-130 - Bayside Amateur Radio Society
Pine Islet	AUS-127 - Mackay Amateur Radio Association
Burnett Heads	AUS-281 - BARC
Grassy Hill Light	AUS-083 - VK4GHL

South Australia
Lighthouse	ARLHS No - ILLW group/call sign
Cape Jaffa	AUS-033 - VK5ZAI
Boston Point	AUS-303 - VK5PBZ

Tasmania
Lighthouse	ARLHS No - ILLW group/call sign
Cape Bruny	AUS-024 - WICEN South Tasmania

IMPORTANT NOTE
* These lighthouses are not necessarily open to the public for International Lighthouse Day

Amateur radio operators are broadcasting at or near the lighthouses listed above as part of their ILLW activities, but not necessarily within the lighthouse grounds, buildings or tower itself.

Please check with the local manager, owner or government body of any of the lighthouses above if you intend to visit over the weekend. The list above has been sourced from www.illw.net. Contact the relevant radio group via their website or via www.illw.net for further information.

LoA Inc takes no responsibility for any inaccuracies in the list above, does not make any claim that the lighthouses listed will be open to the public, and accepts no responsibility for any person who does not confirm accessibility with the management of the relevant lighthouse before visiting.

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