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Fingal Head and Cook Island

nobody@flickr.com (_honez) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:56:40 -0700

_honez posted a photo:

Long exposure taken just before sunrise at Fingal Head, looking out towards Cook Island on the northern New South Wales coast. The Giant's Causeway is in the foreground, just off the cliffs of Fingal Head.
8 minute exposure, f2.8, ISO 200 at 16mm

The headland of Fingal Head is made from the magma flow from the extinct volcano, Mount Warning. There are walking tracks all over this area. About 500 metres offshore from the headland is Cook Island, a rocky uninhabited island first charted by James Cook in 1770. The stretch of water to the island is called the "Giant's Causeway". Cook Island was made a marine reserve in 1998.

Fingal Head Lighthouse Stars and Clouds

nobody@flickr.com (_honez) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:56:37 -0700

_honez posted a photo:

A long exposure of Fingal Head Light House looking out to sea on the New South Wales north coast.
15 second exposure, f2.8, ISO 3200 at 18mm.

The station was first established on 19 February 1872, a wooden pole structure of approximately 30 feet (9.1 m), holding a fixed kerosene wick burner which shone a fixed white light. It was described by a daughter of William Arnold, the first lighthouse keeper, as being shaped like a large meat safe, mounted on a wooden structure resembling a pigeon loft. The keeper had to row from the Tweed Heads Pilot Station each day and light the lantern at sunset, and a hut was constructed for him to stay in.
In October 1878 the Maritime Board of New South Wales decided to construct a modern lighthouse at the location. It was the third of five lighthouses of similar design designed and built by James Barnet in 1878–80, the other four being Richmond River Light, Clarence River Light (now demolished), Tacking Point Lighthouse and Crowdy Head Light. It originally had a porch and an annexe serving as oil room. A four room one-story lighthouse keeper's house was constructed about 20 metres (66 ft) northwest of the tower.
In 15 June 1920 the light was converted to an automatic carbide lamp (acetylene gas) apparatus, and altered to group flashing. Soon after, the station was demanned and all buildings other than the tower were demolished.
In 1980 the light was converted to electricity. The current light source is a modern FA-251 Beacon with a 12 Volt 75 Watt HL-2000 quartz halogen lamp. It is fed by mains electricity with a Battery standby. It revolves once every 30 seconds.
The current light characteristic is a flash every five seconds, red to east and white to other directions.

The circular tower is made from bricks and cement rendered from the outside. It is capped by an oversailing bluestone platform at 12 feet (3.7 m) above ground levels, supported by shaped bluestone corbels. The platform is surrounded by a handrail of metal standards and rails. It is topped by the domed lantern housing the optical apparatus, a fourth order catadioptric.

Fingal Head Lighthouse Stars

nobody@flickr.com (_honez) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:56:31 -0700

_honez posted a photo:

A long exposure of Fingal Head Light House looking out to sea on the New South Wales north coast.
30 second exposure, f2.8, ISO 3200 at 16mm

The station was first established on 19 February 1872, a wooden pole structure of approximately 30 feet (9.1 m), holding a fixed kerosene wick burner which shone a fixed white light. It was described by a daughter of William Arnold, the first lighthouse keeper, as being shaped like a large meat safe, mounted on a wooden structure resembling a pigeon loft. The keeper had to row from the Tweed Heads Pilot Station each day and light the lantern at sunset, and a hut was constructed for him to stay in.
In October 1878 the Maritime Board of New South Wales decided to construct a modern lighthouse at the location. It was the third of five lighthouses of similar design designed and built by James Barnet in 1878–80, the other four being Richmond River Light, Clarence River Light (now demolished), Tacking Point Lighthouse and Crowdy Head Light. It originally had a porch and an annexe serving as oil room. A four room one-story lighthouse keeper's house was constructed about 20 metres (66 ft) northwest of the tower.
In 15 June 1920 the light was converted to an automatic carbide lamp (acetylene gas) apparatus, and altered to group flashing. Soon after, the station was demanned and all buildings other than the tower were demolished.
In 1980 the light was converted to electricity. The current light source is a modern FA-251 Beacon with a 12 Volt 75 Watt HL-2000 quartz halogen lamp. It is fed by mains electricity with a Battery standby. It revolves once every 30 seconds.
The current light characteristic is a flash every five seconds, red to east and white to other directions.

The circular tower is made from bricks and cement rendered from the outside. It is capped by an oversailing bluestone platform at 12 feet (3.7 m) above ground levels, supported by shaped bluestone corbels. The platform is surrounded by a handrail of metal standards and rails. It is topped by the domed lantern housing the optical apparatus, a fourth order catadioptric.