Construction concrete tower Characteristic Fl (3) W 15s. Height 4.9 m Range 27,780 m Year first constructed 1932 | Markings / pattern white tower Admiralty number K2852 Opened 1932 Focal height 78 m | |
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Location Point LookoutQueenslandAustralia Tower shape square prism tower and lantern removed Similar Bulwer Island Light, Dent Island Light, Cape Capricorn Light, Moreton Bay Pile Light, Cowan Cowan Point Light | ||
Point Lookout Light is an active lighthouse on Point Lookout, a headland on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia.
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History
A proposal for a lighthouse and a signal station on Point Lookout were made as early as 1825. A pilot station was built in 1825 elsewhere on the island, on Amity Point, lighting the South Passage into Moreton Bay. In 1848 this pilot station was also moved.
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.
Structure and display
The lighthouse is 16-foot (4.9 m) high, made of concrete and painted white. The current display is three white flashes every 15 seconds (Fl.(3)W. 15s).