Burnett Heads Lighthouse
Bundaberg Australia
The new Burnett Heads lighthouse was built to replace a wooden 1873 tower whose base can still be seen nearby.
18m light tower built 1971.The light source consists of a 12 volt 50 watt tungsten halogen lamp which provides a horizontal beam of 55,000 candelas.The light is flashed on and off four times every 20 seconds.
The focal plane of the lens is 20 metres above mean high water giving the nominal range of 18 nautical miles towards the horizon.
The lighthouse is now one of two Australian Cospas Sarsat satellite ground receiver stations. The other one is at Cave Point, near Albany in Western Australia.
The lighthouse grounds are open all year round. The tower is not open to the public.
The International Cospas-Sarsat Programme is a satellite-aided search and rescue initiative. It is organized as a treaty-based, nonprofit, intergovernmental, humanitarian cooperative of 44 nations and agencies. It is dedicated to detecting and locating radio beacons activated by persons, aircraft or vessels in distress, and forwarding this alert information to authorities that can take action for rescue.
The system utilizes a network of satellites that provide coverage anywhere on Earth. Distress alerts are detected, located and forwarded to over 200 countries and territories at no cost to beacon owners or the receiving government agencies.Cospas-Sarsat was conceived and initiated by Canada, France, the United States, and the former Soviet Union in 1979. The first rescue using the technology of Cospas-Sarsat occurred in September 1982.
Burnett Heads Lighthouse
Bundaberg Australia
The new Burnett Heads lighthouse was built to replace a wooden 1873 tower whose base can still be seen nearby.
18m light tower built 1971.The light source consists of a 12 volt 50 watt tungsten halogen lamp which provides a horizontal beam of 55,000 candelas.The light is flashed on and off four times every 20 seconds.
The focal plane of the lens is 20 metres above mean high water giving the nominal range of 18 nautical miles towards the horizon.
The lighthouse is now one of two Australian Cospas Sarsat satellite ground receiver stations. The other one is at Cave Point, near Albany in Western Australia.
The lighthouse grounds are open all year round. The tower is not open to the public.
The International Cospas-Sarsat Programme is a satellite-aided search and rescue initiative. It is organized as a treaty-based, nonprofit, intergovernmental, humanitarian cooperative of 44 nations and agencies. It is dedicated to detecting and locating radio beacons activated by persons, aircraft or vessels in distress, and forwarding this alert information to authorities that can take action for rescue.
The system utilizes a network of satellites that provide coverage anywhere on Earth. Distress alerts are detected, located and forwarded to over 200 countries and territories at no cost to beacon owners or the receiving government agencies.Cospas-Sarsat was conceived and initiated by Canada, France, the United States, and the former Soviet Union in 1979. The first rescue using the technology of Cospas-Sarsat occurred in September 1982.