By Sue Clark on Feb 6, 2008 in Featured, Threatened | Comments Off 
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Another Lighthouse Threatened
From the pages of The Daily in Australia comes a little story about the Bribie Island Lighthouse (front range), Queensland, being another threatened by erosion. Unusually violent storms, winds, flooding are taking their toll on this and other lighthouses from Canada to the US; to Europe to Australia. According to the story, massive sand losses due to the tides and weather have pushed the ocean’s edge up to the base of the lighthouse. Fears are that Pumicestone Passage will be sealed off with a sandbar. The Australian Environmental Protection Agency claims that because this is a “natural occurrence” it will not step in to help. What?
By Sue Clark on Feb 1, 2008 in Featured | Comments Off Print This Post
Five Attractions To Work Together
Five years of lawsuits, political intrigue and fighting over Currituck Beach Lighthouse (North Carolina) has finally ended as Currituck County’s Whalehead Club and the Outer Banks Conservationists join forces with three other groups to form the Corolla Coalition. The two groups, which fought over ownership of the light, have joined with the Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education, the Corolla historic village and the Corolla Wild Horse Fund to make the sites a unified experience for visitors. “What’s happened has happened,” Currituck County Commissioner Owen Etheridge said. “If we can’t move forward, then we’ll suffer the consequences.” Current plans include creating site maps and improving signage before the tourist season gets into full swing.
By Sue Clark on Jan 28, 2008 in Featured, News | 1 Comment Print This Post
NSW Maritime Issues Alerts
One of the news items that crossed my desk today was the information from BYMnews that the NSW Maritime has issued an alert asking boaters to help in reporting vandalism. Not vandalism to boats, but to historic lighthouses no less, along with other navigational aids (buoys and lighted navigational markers). The article reported that the NSW Maritime has spent nearly $190,000 AUD in the past three years on 153 incidents of vandalism. One of the worst incidents took place at Tacking Point Lighthouse, near Port Macquarie, pictured on the left.
By Sue Clark on Jan 26, 2008 in News | Comments Off Print This Post
More Posturing in Biloxi
The Sun Herald has reported that Hayes Bolton’s plans for a fence were rejected, again, by the Biloxi Architectural and Historical Review Commission this past week. The ARC said that Bolton’s plans were not in keeping with the historical nature of the Biloxi lighthouse. The contentious nature of this relationship between the city and the owner of oceanfront property across from the light is beginning to border on the ridiculous. Negotiations are based on give and take, meeting each other halfway, until a satisfactory agreement is reached. This does not seem to be the case here.
By Sue Clark on Jan 24, 2008 in Featured, Other | Comments Off Print This Post
Furniture Needed For Restoration
The Lorain (Ohio) Lighthouse may be missing its Fresnel Lens, but the Port of Lorain Foundation is nonetheless working to redo the house in period furniture. Their dilemma right now, though, is what era? According to a story in the Morning Journal, the choice is between the 1920s, from when the lighthouse was first built (1917), or the 1950s, from which they have photos. Two committees are working on collecting donated furniture in good condition to help with the cost. Items like beds, stoves, desks, kitchen tables are needed.
By Sue Clark on Jan 22, 2008 in News | Comments Off Print This Post
Russia and the Ukraine Haggle Over Lighthouses
A Ukrainian Court recently ruled that Russia must give back the one hundred plus lighthouses along the Crimean coast of the Black Sea. Ukrainian police attempting to seize one of the lighthouses in the Black Sea after the ruling by their courts were stopped from entering by a representative of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. The Black Sea Fleet says the decision to hand the lighthouse over can only be made at governmental level. This is the latest action in the dispute over who owns or can operate the lighthouses.
From the pages of The Daily in Australia comes a little story about the Bribie Island Lighthouse (front range), Queensland, being another threatened by erosion. Unusually violent storms, winds, flooding are taking their toll on this and other lighthouses from Canada to the US; to Europe to Australia. According to the story, massive sand losses due to the tides and weather have pushed the ocean’s edge up to the base of the lighthouse. Fears are that Pumicestone Passage will be sealed off with a sandbar. The Australian Environmental Protection Agency claims that because this is a “natural occurrence” it will not step in to help. What?
