This is the old Cleveland Lighthouse. It is on Morton Bay, in Brisbane, south of the Brisbane River.
It is one of three hexagonal lighthouses built around the Bay, and the only one surviving. It is made from timber weatherboards, a construction method popular for houses in Queensland. There is at least one similar light in northern Qld. The lighhouse was moved about 30 metres from its original location in 1975 when the rather ugly cement tower below was built.
There is a small park between the two lights, suitable for a picnic.
All photographs were taken using a Praktica MTL3 (SLR camera) with a Fuji 50mm, f1.4 lens. The film was Kodak High Definition (200) Colour Print Film.
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| Original light, on a day warm enough to sunbake! ;) | Front of original light. |
 | Rear view, showing door. |
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| Information sign with mangroves behind. It does go on a little more below this picture. |
This is the new Cleveland Lighthouse. To me it is more like a large harbour light. Not the prettiest structure ever built.
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| The new structure, made from concrete panels. | |
Lighthouse books and calendars.
Back to list of my Lighthouse pages.
Grant and Tracey's Cleveland Point page, including a better view of the panel structure.
Lighthouse Depot's Point Cleveland Light page, showing the original light in its original position. You can sort of make out the Stradbroke Islands behind it. Click "136k" for a larger picture.