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2006
Montague Island 125th Anniversary – October 2006
 Celebrations are planned for Montague Island's 125th Anniversary on 1 November 2006.
A special day has been organised to give interested persons and especially lighthouse service workers, lightkeepers and descendents to come out to Montague Island and celebrate 125 years of maritime history. Get in quick to book your place.
Notice of Annual General Meeting – Lighthouses of Australia Inc – August 2006
 Wednesday 20th September 2006, 7.00pm - 10.00pm (EST)
Please note that this is an online meeting that will require you to have access to a computer to participate.
LoA President, Denise Shultz, on the air with GARC [Photo: Paul Shultz]International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend – June 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.
Montague Island plans NAAAuthors' Week puts the spotlight on lighthouses – February 2006
The Beacons by the Sea exhibition concludes at the Queensland Maritime Museum on 12 March 2006 with an opportunity for museum visitors to meet three of Australia's pre-eminent lighthouse authors, Stuart Buchanan, John Ibbotson & Jervis Sparks.
Tasman Island 100th birthday celebrations – February 2006
The Rotary Club of Tasman Peninsula will be conducting helicopter flights to Tasman Island on Sunday 2 April 2006 in celebration of the Tasman Island Lighthouse's 100th birthday. Book your place now!
Vale Mike Dalrymple – January 2006
Mike Dalrymple, the founder and organiser of the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (ILLW) passed away 21 December 2005. ILLW is continuing in his memory.
Vale Mike GM4SUC

Revival: Saving Our History – January 2006
Revival continues to showcase Australia's history in the second part to this exclusive local production. Follows the restoration and preservation of several buildings and objects that define us as a nation, including the Cape Schanck Lighthouse, the Sydney Mint and the Renaissance mansion Labassa.
Screens: Monday 30 January, 7.30pm EST / 9.30pm NZ
2005

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World : Bell Rock Lighthouse – December 2005
The story of one young engineer, Robert Stevenson, who dreamed of building the impossible - a lighthouse on the deadly Bell Rock Reef. His plan required building on a rock that was almost constantly submerged.
Screens: ABC, Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 9:30pm
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse on television – September 2005 (or download PDF )
Keep an eye out for ABC TV's new documentary series, "Real Life Water Rats", which will feature Maatsuyker Island in its final episode at 8pm, 20 September.
"As the surveillance squad waits for their man in darkness, police flagship, Van Dieman, is on patrol on Tasmania's wild south west waters. Expecting savage seas, the crew find themselves in a wonderland of seal colonies, at Australia's most remote southern lighthouse on the fabled Maatsuyker Island."
International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend – 20-21 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.
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