Point Moore Lighthouse

Client: Duratec Australia

Location: Geraldton, Western Australia

Geraldton’s Point Moore Lighthouse, located around 400km north of Perth, is one of Australia’s oldest steel lighthouses. The 34 metre tall red and white lighthouse was built in 1878 We were recently commissioned to repaint the inside of Geraldton’s iconic landmark, the Point Moore Lighthouse. According to the Lighthouse of Australia Inc. website the tower was a prefabricated steel tower by Chance Bros. of Birmingham, and brought to Australia in segments from England aboard the ‘Lady Louisa’. The Point Moore lighthouse is the oldest surviving Commonwealth lighthouse in Western. It was also the first the first steel tower on the mainland of Australia. In 2001 the site was listed on the State’s list of heritage treasures. Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) ordered the internal refurbishment in 2019 to preserve and maintain the site because of its aid to navigation (AtoN) role and heritage significance. The work on the refurbishment of the lantern room and a full internal repaint involving the removal of the existing lead coating was completed early July 2019.