00:02After standing idle for three decades, this lighthouse is glowing once again.
00:08She's just been sitting here and it's almost like she's been waiting.
00:12Built in 1883, it was originally lit by a kerosene burner before converting to electric power in the 1960s.
00:19It was decommissioned in the 1990s and replaced by a lattice structure,
00:24but that replacement has now reached the end of its life.
00:27We've come full circle now and the lattice light is being decommissioned.
00:34This has been recommissioned as a working lighthouse.
00:37It's as if the site is alive once again.
00:42Refitting the original lighthouse proved to be more cost effective.
00:46Maritime Safety and National Parks officials have spent years on the project,
00:50which now uses energy efficient LED lights.
00:53It stands at 29 metres, the tallest in New South Wales.
00:58It's used as a marker when we're trapping.
01:02It gives you distance from where you are.
01:04It's a safety thing for all seafarers.
01:07This light is actually floating in a bath of mercury, but is connected to a mechanism that allows it to
01:13rotate.
01:14It completes one revolution every 30 seconds.
01:17If you look at the light now, what you see is four beams of light actually arcing around the horizon
01:25at night time.
01:26And it's just something very special about it.
01:30It's absolutely fantastic to see history coming back to life.
01:33Out with the new, and in with the old.
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