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15/03/2007: "INSIDE A LIGHTHOUSE ...... North Reef, Queensland"

This is the now lost era of lighthouses, when three men lived a lonely and strange existence on a tiny sand cay on the Great Barrier Reef and maintained a kerosene lamp throughout the night, to power the light.

Not much difference to a jail. Except the food here should have been better - fresh supplies delivered by boat every two weeks.

Why three men and not two or four? Something to do with minimizing friction amongst strangers.

These Great Barrier Reef and other lighthouses have since been converted to automatic all along the coast.

This one is at North Reef not far from Heron Island, offshore from Gladstone and Yeppoon, Queensland.